HIGHWAY 40 PROJECT • THE MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WILL CLOSE ONE LANE OF HANLEY ROAD IN EACH DIRECTION AT HIGHWAY 40 (INTERSTATE 64) FOR ASPHALT PAVING, AND ONE LANE OF SOUTHBOUND MCCAUSLAND AVENUE WILL BE CLOSED AT HIGHWAY 40, ALL FROM 9:30 A.M. TO 3 P.M. TODAY. AT THE SAME TIME, KINGSHIGHWAY WILL HAVE ONE LANE CLOSED IN EACH DIRECTION BETWEEN OAKLAND AVENUE AND HOSPITAL PLAZA.

OPEN HOUSE • THE MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WILL HOST A PUBLIC MEETING FROM 3 TO 7 P.M. OCT. 29 AT THE JEFFERSON R-7 FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT, 13000 STATE ROAD TT, IN FESTUS. THE MEETING WILL BE IN AN INFORMATIONAL, OPEN-HOUSE FORMAT, TO DISCUSS A PROJECT TO REPLACE 18 CULVERTS ALONG ROUTE TT AND ONE CULVERT ON ROUTE AA IN JEFFERSON COUNTY. MODOT REPRESENTATIVES WILL BE AVAILABLE TO DISCUSS THE PLANNED IMPROVEMENTS, ANSWER QUESTIONS AND HEAR INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC. SINCE THERE WILL BE NO FORMAL PRESENTATION, THE PUBLIC MAY ATTEND AT ANY TIME DURING THE OPEN HOUSE.

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