Public Comments Now Accepted For City Of Arnold's Lonedell Road Project

From The City of Arnold:

March 8, 2021

The East-West Gateway (EWG) Council of Governments had a call for Local Program project applications for Surface Transportation Block Grant Program – Suballocated (STP-S) and Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program (CMAQ) projects. The project applications were due on February 11, 2021.

The City of Arnold, Missouri has submitted an application to resurface Lonedell Road from Missouri State Road to Pomme Road, which includes adding a sidewalk.

STP-S funds can be used for projects such as pavement preservation, highway expansion, congestion mitigation, safety, environmental mitigation, transit, and pedestrian facilities. CMAQ funds can be used for traffic flow improvement, demand management, shared ride services, bicycle/pedestrian facilities, transit vehicles/facilities, and operating assistance for new transit service.

Illinois sponsors submitted 24 STP-S applications requesting $12.9 million in federal funds and 7 CMAQ applications requesting $7.3 million in federal funds. Missouri sponsors submitted 68 STP-S applications requesting $97.6 million in federal funds and 15 CMAQ applications requesting $23.6 million in federal funds.

EWG staff are currently evaluating the project applications and will present the evaluated projects to the Transportation Planning Committee (TPC) for funding recommendations in early May.

A summary of public comments will be shared with the TPC.

Local projects recommended for funding by the TPC will be presented to the EWG Board of Directors at the end of May. Local projects recommended for funding will be included in the draft FY 2022-2025 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) which will go out for public comment from July 2 – August 4. The TIP will be brought to the Board of Directors for final approval at its meeting on August 25.

The project comment page is found at: 2021 Project Application Comment Form

The comment period ends at close of business on March 24, 2021.

This press release was produced by the City of Arnold .The views expressed here are the author’s own.