Infrastructure Project Aims to Increase Connectivity
The South County Connector project will identify traffic alternatives within Webster Groves and neighboring municipalities.
The St. Louis County Department of Highways and Traffic asked residents for feedback about the South County Connector project, an environmental impact statement (EIS) and location study, which aims to improve connectivity within Webster Groves, Maplewood and Shrewsbury, at an open house Wednesday. The EIS must be completed and approved before a connector project would be eligible for federal funding. Completion of the EIS is expected by early 2013. Construction could begin within 5-to-10 years once funding is secured. The project is bounded by Manchester Road to the north; Hanley and Laclede Station roads to I-44 to the west; Murdoch Avenue and Watson Road to the south; and Big Bend Boulevard and River Des Peres to the east. The study is …
