BENTON -- Scott County commissioners now have a better grasp of the timeline to relieve traffic congestion in the northern part of the county.
During their Thursday meeting, Eric Krapf, a project manager with the Missouri Department of Transportation, presented commissioners with drawings of plans for the project's second phase, as well as update them on first phase progress and third phase plans.
"We've been working to try to help with congestion problems in Scott City for the past couple of years," said Krapf. After several public meetings and hearings to survey needs and opinions, MoDOT has come up with a three-phase plan to address issues, he explained.
The first phase, currently under way, is adding additional turn lanes to Route 61 and Route K in Scott City. "The whole idea is that you can get more people through the signals on the available green time that you have with these lanes," he said. "We think that's going to greatly reduce congestion at peak times."
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