KCRag Forum

Here's an 'honorable mention': https://americas.uli.org/2021-uli-hines-student-competition-honorable-mention-reroot-the-ohio-state-university/ I really appreciate the idea of hurrying the E loop there. There is a lot of decaying property across that way, that would be huge to help connect that to d...

Is there a trail around the DT airport? There wouldn’t be as many planes to watch but would still be nice, especially if they’re going to put bike lanes on the new bridge/repurpose the current. I don't believe there is a trail, but the roads are not heavily utilized and lots of cyclists use that ar...

I would recommend people review the original environmental impact assessment and public comment session material. https://www.modot.org/buck-oneil-bridge-project My priorities for a new bridge were 1. Replace not rehab bridge w/direct 35 connection. We have a once in a hundred year opportunity, no p...

Bringing 9 to grade and reducing the north loop plans are going to be impacted/eliminated without better 69 capabilities and those two projects are immensely bigger than a sexy bridge. This is the way. MODOT wanted to rehab the existing bridge. 2 years downtime. Doesn't fix any existing network iss...

IIRC the alternative was a "repair", where the bridge would be shut down for a significant period of time. two years https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article222017590.html Two years plus we do not get the direct I-35 connection. The new bridge is meh, but there are more important uses for publ...

(5) LOW-INCOME COMMUNITY.—The term “low-income community” means a census block group in which not less than 30 percent of the population lives below the poverty line (as defined in section 673 of the Community Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902)). I wonder if KCMO submits all of I-70/HOA to I...

Arnold Development Group working on transforming Hardesty Self Storage into 352 apartments, 60/40 split affordable. Waiting on various tax credits, etc. http://northeastnews.net/pages/new-plans-developing-at-hardesty-independence-ave/ Plans are in the works for a local developer to repurpose the Har...

Its fine. I'm glad there isn't any major cloverleafs or crazy interchanges with I-70. We need to rip that highway out.

There is already a rail Right of Way leading from HoA bridge. There is no way the old broadway bridge has rail. I also am not in favor of keeping the bridge up. There should be pedestrian and bike lanes on the new bridge.

If the EW streetcar extension down Linwood had been approved we wouldn't need all these massive parking garages in the project and it probably would already be under construction. Agreed the Linwood/31st extension scored really well on the Next Rail survey and having it stretch to Arrowhead would b...

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/04/want-to-own-an-apartment-building-buy-a-distressed-hotel-cheap.html Want to own an apartment building? Buy a distressed hotel for pennies on the dollar Communities are desperate for more affordable housing, but the cost for developers is just too high. Land, labor and...

KCMO has had congressional help to fund the streetcar expansion and Troost Max. We need a regional funding mechanism to draw larger federal matches for additional expansion of Streetcar and BRT. On EVs, KCMO says they are going for net-zero by some far off date, but are largely taking symbolic steps...

bUt tHiNk of the ChiLdRen! These guys are thinking of the clicks on their article. Nobody will shed any tears for defending developer tax breaks, especially because KCMO does tend to do a somewhat crappy job with them. Development in Downtown KCMO just doesn't work without incentives, especially on ...

Looks like a good project. Don't think the skywalks are needed.

The 911 Linwood project could be a good candidate for some super micro studios that would meet the KCMO crazy new incentive policy.

Are any of these developments incentivized?

The e-tax is going to get downvoted and the city is going to be f-ed. . Seriouslt, QL has been basically a placeholder mayor, not accomplishing jack except continuing a few Sly James' initiatives like Plaza Streetcar. Wish we had Justice!

Agree with points above. There is not widespread "gentrification" beyond normal price increases because our downtown area has been completely hollowed out over the past 50 years due to sprawl. We need to get rid of f'ing parking minimums along transit and maybe in the urban core overall. Get rid of ...

QL is not a businessman nor has good economic sense. He was a professor and now is a politician and wants to be re-elected/take Emmanuel Cleaver's seat I suspect. This is trash policy, but makes politicians feel like they are solving a problem without spending any real money. There will be real effe...

I don't think this is in KCMO at all. Parkville annexed all that land around the 152 interchange. I do not think this is accurate. Parkville annexed up to the 45 hwy &435 interchange, not up to 152. I agree with not building more highways, but I do agree that Leavenworth has a lot of travel with co...

That actually makes sense as a replacement route There's a lot of northland residents who go to Fort Leavenworth for work. I know Liberty residents who did this for years. The current routes are all horrible, they're all in the bottoms and flood easily. If I were Platte County and KCMO I would get ...