Corridor Study Recommends Path for Future South Wentzville Parkway
The study didn't sit well with business owners to the east of the roadway, who are asking for changes that would allow easier access.
At the final regular meeting of the Wentzville Board of Aldermen for 2012, Cochran Engineering presented a corridor study for the proposed South Wentzville Parkway. The roadway would extend Wentzville Parkway south to Wilmer Road. The study began with 10 potential alignments, reduced to three options and then to a single recommendation with the help of an evaluation matrix and public input. Cochran's recommendation included a "jug handle" access road to the west, since the new roadway effectively cuts off access to businesses located along the existing south service road. But that choice didn't sit too well with the businesses on the east side of the proposed roadway. Ken Newman, a representative for one of the owners of a west-side …
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Barbara Dunnermann
6:46 am on Friday, January 4, 2013
OK! So let's not forget about problems on the NORTH side which have been exacerbated by the recent 'improvements' to the Pearce Blvd./Wentzville Pkwy. intersection. Now there is NO left turn from the South driveway leaving Schnucks, Radio Shack, etc. onto Pearce Blvd. One is forced to go all the way up to the stop light at the driveway in front of Walmart, make a left at that light onto the Pkwy… more ›