Road Improvements For Year 2009
April 9, 2009

Mayor Robert G. Lowery, Sr. announced today that he has received numerous complaints regarding the condition of some streets in the City of Florissant and he couldn't agree more! However, he commented that improvements have begun and will continue throughout the summer months.

The first area of importance is to rectify the delamination of the surface course of Mullanphy, Derhake and St. Catherine which are major thoroughfares in the city. Missouri Petroleum, who performed the surface sealing in 2007, has agreed to resurface these streets at their own expense. We will also be asking the City Council to transfer funds in order to perform additional resurfacing on other major traffic areas for which we have received complaints, namely South Waterford (Dunn to Derhake), Humes, Waterford (St. Catherine to Derhake), St. Anthony (Florissant to Derhake) and Trotterway

The Major Street Repairs program, which includes concrete slab replacement and an asphalt overlay, has begun and will include the streets of Jenkee Drive (Shackelford to DeWayne), Windsong Court, Rivoli Place, Spring Valley Drive, Seminole Lane, Stymie Lane, and Santa Anita Court, as well improvements to the parking lots at Dunegant Park, St. Ferdinand Park and Koch Park. The cost of this project is $319,190.00.

We are expecting bids for two other contracts, one being the Asphalt Surface Sealing project which opens on April 24, 2009. This work will be performed on 105 different streets, several of which are major thoroughfares. The budgeted cost is $500,000.00. The other contract is for Portland Cement Concrete (PCC) slab replacement with a budgeted cost of $420,000.00.

We will also be placing the Old Town Street/Stormwater-Phase VII out for bids in May. This project will provide sewer and street improvements for the 800 block of Clark Street in Old Town Florissant with a budgeted cost of $200,000.00.

The Mayor said, "The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) has begun the last phase of their North Highway 67 resurfacing project. Although this has been delayed during the winter months, it will be a great improvement to the roadway, as will all of the work performed on City streets. The City of Florissant is expecting to spend $1.3 million on various street projects this year. I am asking for the patience of all the people who use these streets for, as we all know, we can only perform this work during warmer weather. These are very trying times for the economy, but the City of Florissant has always been known for the outstanding condition of our streets, and this administration will continue to maintain those high standards."