Kearney Street is expected to get a facelift in the spring, as the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) southwest division proposes plans to repave and make various improvements along the corridor from the Springfield-Branson National Airport to LeCompte Avenue. Along with resurfacing and pavement markings along the entire stretch, the…
Author: Kristen Milam, Public Information, for SGFNN
The City of Springfield was recently approved for nearly $17 million in funding toward 14 individual stormwater improvement projects through the State American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Water Infrastructure Community Grant Program facilitated through the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (MDNR). Governor Mike Parson announced Nov. 18, 2022 that…
Construction for a multi-use Ozark Greenways trail connecting the Fassnight and Phelps Grove parks and neighborhoods began in October 2021 and is complete ahead of schedule. The trail connection begins at Clay Avenue, continues east through Phelps Grove Park and ends at Brookside Drive near the Springfield Art Museum main…
Construction is nearly complete on the first section of the Grant Avenue Parkway between Ildereen and Catalpa streets.Contractor Radmacher Brothers Excavating completed the construction of a roundabout at Grant and Chrisman Road, realignment of the roadway, repaving of Parkview High School parking lots and construction of a multi-use path and…
Division Street between National and Glenstone avenues is expected to remain one-way eastbound for the duration of the reconstruction project. Intermittent overnight closures are also anticipated to continue as contractor Hartman and Company works to replace utility lines and rebuild the roadway. Approved by voters in the City’s 2019 1/4-cent…
Construction for a multi-use Ozark Greenways trail connecting the Fassnight and Phelps Grove parks and neighborhoods could begin as early as October, depending on weather and contractor scheduling. City Council will vote in late September whether to accept the bid of Radmacher Brothers Excavating Co. as the contractor for the…
Electric scooters are now available for rent downtown, on Commercial Street and on the Missouri State University campus. Bird is an electric vehicle company “dedicated to bringing affordable, environmentally friendly transportation solutions such as e-scooters and e-bikes to communities across the world.” Founded in 2017, Bird now has fleets of…
As students and parents prepared for back-to-school, the City’s Public Works Department prepared as well. Public Works staff programmed the 91 school zone flashers, updated the recommended walking route maps for elementary schools and touched up the paint on crosswalks where needed. In addition, the following school-related improvements were completed…
Construction on the first section of the Grant Avenue Parkway near Parkview High School continues this summer and is expected to reopen to traffic on schedule by the start of the upcoming school year. Work began between Ildereen Street and Catalpa Street in mid-May, with contractor Radmacher Brothers Excavating…
Public Works and the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) have teamed up to collectively bid the construction of the final phase of Republic Road Widening Project at Campbell Avenue alongside interchange improvements to Campbell Avenue and James River Freeway. The project will include the widening of Republic Road from three…