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Delayed U.S. 36 roadwork near Cameron begins Thursday
CAMERON, Mo. — A delayed scrub seal project on U.S. Route 36 will begin Thursday, narrowing parts of the roadway to one lane, the Missouri Department of Transportation announced Monday. Crews from Vance Brothers Inc. will work on the westbound lane between state routes 31 and 33. Work on...
kq2.com
I-29 bridge maintenance postponed until Tuesday
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (KQTV) -- The Missouri Department of Transportation postponed a maintenance project on the Interstate 29 bridge over Highway 36. While the project was originally scheduled to begin Monday, MoDOT said the work would now begin Tuesday, Aug. 25, due to equipment issues. The work will include closures...
hoodline.com
Kansas City Weighs Sinking Bruce R. Watkins Drive to Heal 60 Years of Damage
More than 20 million vehicles cross Bruce R. Watkins Drive every year, but for the East Side neighborhoods it slices through, the road has long been less a connector than a wall. Now, after more than a year of community meetings, Kansas City planners have narrowed their options for reshaping the 2.45-mile stretch between 51st Street and Gregory Boulevard, with a sunken, landscaped parkway emerging as the clear community favorite.
KCTV 5
gulfcoastnewsnow.com
Snowplow in August? Overnight storm dumps 3 inches of hail in Kansas City
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Crews at the Kansas City Downtown Airport broke out the snowplows after early-morning storms. These storms dumped 3 inches of hail on some of the taxiways at Wheeler Field. "Who would have thought our snow crews would have to do snow removal in August?" officials...
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KC Streetcar workers vote to unionize, seeking 'a voice in the workplace' amid expansion talks
KC Streetcar operator Silas Batton saw an unusual sight as he rounded a curve in the River Market on Aug. 13. Gathered were people with signs of support for streetcar workers voting on whether to join a union. "It's pretty awesome when you're pulling up and you see a whole...
FOX4 News Kansas City
Western Auto Sign shines again over Kansas City skyline
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Kansas City gave transit agency last-minute funds to stop drastic service cuts. It keeps happening
Kansas City has once again approved last-minute funding to prevent drastic bus cuts that were just weeks away. The Kansas City Area Transportation Authority was originally set to eliminate nine bus routes and reduce the frequency on four others because the city’s budget for the transit agency was not enough to cover current service levels. A nationwide trend of higher transportation costs and a lack of regional funding across the metro has resulted in Kansas City shouldering most of the KCATA’s operational costs, which leaves the agency in a constant cycle of budget strain and service cuts.
mscnews.net
Highway 67 work planned near Shubert
(KLZA)-- An armor coat project will begin Tuesday, August 25 on Nebraska Highway 67 according to a release from the Nebraska Department of Transportation. Armor coating is an asphalt binder applied to a roadway surface followed by an aggregate. The armor coating project will start at reference post 0 and...
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Political Shockwaves Hit Jackson County as KC Streetcar Surpasses 20 Million Riders Amid Heatwave: This Week Now in St. Louis and Missouri
Kansas City is navigating major leadership changes alongside transit victories and urban housing challenges. Interim Jackson County Executive Phil LeVota faces a federal indictment that has disrupted local governance. Concurrently, the KC Streetcar celebrated reaching 20 million total riders, while tenants in Independence organized to fight dangerous living conditions caused by broken air conditioning during a severe heatwave.