Sulphur Springs Road Project to Begin in the Spring
Date Posted: October 3, 2024
Posted In: Projects,
From Leader Publications: A portion of Sulphur Springs Road, which connects the Barnhart Quarry to Hwy. 61-67 in Imperial, will be elevated out of the 100-year floodplain and realigned out of the Glaize Creek stream buffer zone.
Residents living along the road said at the Sept. 9 Jefferson County Council meeting that the project was sorely needed.
The council voted 6-0 that day to use eminent domain to acquire temporary construction easements and permanent drainage easements along a portion of the road. Councilman Dan Stallman (District 6, De Soto) was absent from the meeting.
According to Public Works documents, the county anticipates beginning the bidding phase for the road project in January 2025 and seeing construction begin in the spring.
County officials did not have a cost estimate for the project, which includes raising an 800-foot portion of Sulphur Springs Road out of the 100-year floodplain and widening the road to two 12-foot lanes. The road will also be moved slightly out of the stream buffer zone for Glaize Creek, which traverses to the south of the road.
The county has entered into a contract with New Frontier Materials to share the cost of the road improvements. The construction materials company, based in Maryland Heights, operates out of the Barnhart Quarry, using Sulphur Springs Road to haul materials to the highway.
New Frontier Materials will pay 100 percent of the engineering costs and split the construction costs with the county, according to county documents.