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Presentation: Update on 291 North Interchange Project - Agreements with Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission and Lee’s Summit R-7 School District
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Issue/Request:
Presentation on the status of the 291 North and Highway 50 Interchange Project (the “Interchange Project”), including the Cost Share Agreement with the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission and the Cooperative Agreement with the Lee’s Summit R-7 School District.
Key Issues:
Two agreements are presented to the City Council for approval by ordinance to advance the Interchange Project:
1. Cost Share Agreement with the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission
2. Cooperative Agreement with the Lee’s Summit R-7 School District
Background:
On August 18, 2020, City staff made a presentation to the City Council regarding the 291 North and Highway 50 Interchange Project. That presentation focused on these goals:
• Enhance traffic safety & circulation
o Reconstruct 291 North & 50 Interchange
o Reconfigure Blue Parkway
• Move Missouri Highway Patrol (“MHP”) Troop A facility to new location in City
• Redevelop Highway Patrol Property for commercial uses
• Redevelop QuikTrip & commercial sites
• Access is catalyst for additional redevelopment opportunities in the area
Staff explained that the parties involved with the project are:
• City of Lee’s Summit
• Missouri Highway Patrol & Missouri Office of Administration
• Missouri Department of Transportation
• Lee’s Summit R-7 School District
• Developer of Project #1 (current Missouri Highway Patrol Troop A facility)
• QuikTrip
• Other businesses in the Redevelopment Area
After the presentation on the...
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