Citizens Turn Out, Sound Off On Southeast “Connectivity”
Date Posted: December 3, 2024
Posted In: News,
From Webster-Kirkwood Times: A meeting to discuss the future of Kirkwood’s southeast neighborhoods drew a crowd of concerned citizens on Tuesday night.
The event was billed as an open house to review and provide feedback on ideas to better connect areas near Big Bend Road to the rest of Kirkwood. The effort is part of the larger Vision Zero initiative aimed at improving safety for pedestrians and bicyclists.
About two dozen residents joined city leaders, gathering at the Meacham Park Neighborhood Improvement Association for the event hosted by the city of Kirkwood and consultants from The Lochmueller Group.
“This is a focused effort to connect Meacham Park, Chester Heights and the surrounding area into Nipher Middle School and into Downtown Kirkwood,” Planning and Development Services Director Jonathan Raiche said. “We cannot get funding without a design and a plan, and consensus from the community.”
While the city has no specific plan at present, the goal is to develop a preferred route for a pedestrian and bicycle path that would stretch from Meacham Park north all the way to Downtown Kirkwood. Citizens were presented with a map showing a number of possible paths that could be connected to create a preferred north-south route.