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Transportation Trust Fund
Five-Year Transportation Improvement Program
All revenue from the Transportation Sales Tax (0.05%) goes into a Transportation Trust Fund, which is used solely for the completion of the identified projects. The projects are to be funded on a "pay-as-you-go" basis so that no money will be borrowed to fund the projects.
A monthly report is issued by the City Engineer that provides updates on the status of each of the 20 projects in addition to a map of the projects. In addition, street closings due to City construction are updated.
The TTF was first approved by voters in 1995 for TTF-1. The tax was extended by voters in 2000 for TTF-2 and again in 2005 for TTF-3. Details of each of these projects are outlined below.
Transportation Trust Fund 3 (TTF-3)
In August 8 of 2005, voters approved a five-year extension to the Transportation Sales Tax. Below is the list of projects scheduled for Transportation Trust Fund 3 (TTF-3).
- Extend 1/2-cent Transportation Sales Tax for 5 more years
- 14 proposed projects: 9 general, 5 maintenance
General Projects
- Mount Auburn (Independence to Kingshighway)
- Bloomfield Road Phase IV (Stonebridge to Benton Hill)
- Armstrong Drive (Siemers Drive to William Street)
- Sprigg Street (Highway 74 to William Street)
- Bend Road (Mason Street to Main Street)
- Vantage Drive (Kingshighway to Scenic Drive)
- Kingshighway (Cape Rock to Broadview)
- LaSalle Avenue
- Fountain Street Phase II (Morgan Oak to William)
Maintenance Projects Overlay Descriptions
- 2006 Overlay
- 2007 Overlay
- 2008 Overlay
- 2009 Overlay
- 2010 Overlay
Transportation Trust Fund 2 (TTF-2)
On August 8, 2000, voters approved a five-year extension to the Transportation Sales Tax. Below is the list of projects scheduled for Transportation Trust Fund 2 (TTF-2).
- Extend 1/2-cent Transportation Sales Tax for 5 more years
- Estimated Sales Tax revenue over next 5 years = $20,663,514
- 13 proposed projects: 5 general, 8 specific
General Projects
- Existing street paving
- Street, curb & gutter repairs
- Sidewalk repairs
- New sidewalk construction
Installation of new street lights & upgrading of existing street lights
- 1,000 existing lights will be upgraded to brighter, more efficient lighting (from mercury vapor to high pressure sodium)
- 850 new lights will be added along existing major streets, intersections, and cul-de-sacs
Major street light installations
- Lexington/Route W intersection
- Mt. Auburn : William to Bloomfield
- Broadview: William to Bloomfield
- N. Kingshighway: Boulder Crest to I-55
- S. Kingshighway: S. Expressway to I-55
- Silver Springs: William to Bloomfield
- S. Expressway: Sprigg to Kingshighway
Specific Projects
- Silver Springs Rd. (Southern Expressway to Kingshighway)
- Silver Springs Rd. ( Shawnee Pkwy to Southern Expressway)
- Siemers Dr. widening with traffic signals (William to Bloomfield )
- Bloomfield Rd. Phase 3 (Siemers to Stonebridge Dr., incl. Ramsey bridge)
- Independence Widening (Kingshighway to Pacific)
- Independence general improvements (Sprigg to Water St .)
- Broadway widening ( Perry Ave. to Houck Place )
- Mt. Auburn Rd. widening (William to Bloomfield )
Transportation Trust Fund 1
1. Expand Paving Overlay Program (Additional $400,000 per year)
2. Pave Remaining Gravel Streets (Based on approximately 2 miles remaining after 8/95)
3. Street, Curb and Gutter Repair (Additional $375,000 per year)
4. Sidewalk Repair and Reconstruction ($125,000 per year)
5. Perryville Road : Near Meyer Drive to City Limits ( Hanover Church )
6. Hopper Road : Phase I. New alignment from Mt. Auburn west to Kage Road
7. Silver Springs Road : William Street (Route K) North to " Independence "
8. Bloomfield Road : Phase I. Christine Street east to Spring Street
9. Broadway: Widening and reconstruction from Clark St. east to Perry Ave.
10. Mt. Auburn Road
• Mt. Auburn Road : Widening to full four lanes, William to Independence
• Mt. Auburn Road : Traffic signals at Independence intersection
11. New Route 74 Connections:
• Lorimier Street : Morgan Oak to New Highway 74 (connection)
• Mt. Auburn Road : Bloomfield Road south to New Highway 74
• Siemers Drive : Bloomfield Road to New Highway 74 (connection)
• Silver Springs Road : Bloomfield South to New Highway 74
12. Bloomfield Road : Phase II. Kingshighway west to I-55
13. Hopper Road : Phase II. Kage Road to I-55
14. William Street : General improvement and/or widening Sprigg St. to Main
15. Perryville Road : City Limits North to Route W and Cypress Drive
16. Kage Road : Mt. Auburn to Hopper Road
17. Mt. Auburn/Southern Expressway Extensions:
• Mt. Auburn Road : New Highway 74 South to Southern Expressway (Extended west to Silver Springs)
• Southern Expressway (Highway 74): Extension west from Kingshighway to Silver Springs Road
18. Independence Street : Reconstruction Pacific to Sprigg, including intersections.
19. New Madrid Street : Reconstruction from Perry Avenue east to Show-Me Center (including realignment of Henderson intersection).
20. Rodney Street : New Cape La Croix Creek bridge and reconstruction from National Guard Armory north to Hawthorne .
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