Jefferson City to improve bicycle & pedestrian access on Missouri Blvd - one of the top projects in the statewide Bike/Ped Priority List - ABC17

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n another big project for 2017, crews will construct sidewalks on the north side of Missouri Boulevard from Southwest Boulevard to Waverly Street.

The project to improve bicycle and pedestrian safety will cost nearly $350,000.

"That project is also going to include four bus shelters and some bike racks there too," Sanders said. "We're also adding two signalized crosswalks."

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Jefferson City to improve bicycle & pedestrian access on Missouri Blvd - one of the top projects in the statewide Bike/Ped Priority List - ABC17

MoBikeFed comment: Better bicycle and pedestrian access on Missouri Boulevard in Jefferson City was one of the top priorities in the Missouri High Priority Bike/Ped/ADA Projects compiled by MoBikeFed along with dozens of local and regional partners in 2010:

http://mobikefed.org/priorityprojects/index.php

Since 2010, MoDOT and agencies across the state have been slowly chipping away at projects on that list.

The improvements to Missouri Boulevard have been long awaited and are much needed.

Below are links to the Missouri Boulevard projects requested by local citizens and agencies as part of the High Priority Projects list in 2010:

http://mobikefed.org/priorityprojects/project.php?id=05JEF0001
http://mobikefed.org/priorityprojects/project.php?id=05JEF1049
http://mobikefed.org/priorityprojects/project.php?id=05JEF1050