I-44 RESURFACING, RESTRIPING • THE MISSOURI HIGHWAYS AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION HAS AWARDED CONTRACTS FOR THE RESURFACING OF INTERSTATE 44 FROM THE MERAMEC RIVER TO INTERSTATE 55. THIS PROJECT CONSISTS OF RESURFACING THE PAVEMENT AND RESTRIPING THE INTERSTATE BACK TO FOUR LANES IN EACH DIRECTION. THE WORK WILL OCCUR FROM WEST OF THE I-270 INTERCHANGE IN ST. LOUIS COUNTY TO THE I-55 INTERCHANGE IN THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS. THIS PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN JANUARY AND SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY NOVEMBER.

HOLIDAY LIGHT RECYCLING • STLOUISGREEN.COM, A LOCAL INTERNET SOURCE OF INFORMATION ABOUT ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY ACTIVITIES, IS SPONSORING A HOLIDAY LIGHT RECYCLING DRIVE THAT BEGINS SUNDAY. PEOPLE WITH OLD AND/OR UNUSABLE LIGHTS SHOULD BRING THESE STRANDS TO PARTICIPATING WAL-MART STORES, WHERE THEY WILL BE COLLECTED FOR RECYCLING. THE PARTICIPATING STORES ARE IN ARNOLD, CHESTERFIELD, DE SOTO, EUREKA, FENTON, FESTUS, LAKE SAINT LOUIS, MAPLEWOOD, MANCHESTER, O'FALLON, MO., ST. PETERS, SOUTH ST. LOUIS COUNTY AND WENTZVILLE. THE DRIVE ENDS DEC. 5. STLOUISGREEN.COM RECOMMENDS THAT PEOPLE BUY LIGHT STRANDS WITH LIGHT EMITTING DIODES. THE GROUP SAID THEY LAST LONGER AND ARE SAFER.

SOBRIETY CHECKPOINTS IN OLIVETTE • THE OLIVETTE POLICE DEPARTMENT MAY CONDUCT SOBRIETY CHECKPOINTS AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS THIS MONTH. THE CHECKPOINTS ARE AIMED AT REDUCING THE NUMBER OF DRUNKEN DRIVING ACCIDENTS. THE CHECKPOINT WILL INVOLVE STOPPING TRAFFIC FOR THE PURPOSE OF CHECKING FOR INTOXICATED DRIVERS. INTOXICATED DRIVERS WILL BE ARRESTED. OTHERS WILL BE ALLOWED TO PROCEED AFTER A SHORT DELAY.

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