Re: OFFICIAL: Port Authority Riverfront Project
Posted: Sat May 13, 2023 9:45 pm
Have to find the actual file for the RFP to see what is actually required besides the parking garage.
I know it may not be a priority for the city, but I wonder how much it would cost and if it's even possible to raise N Lydia Ave over the tracks shortly after passing Guinotte AveKCPowercat wrote: ↑Sun May 14, 2023 11:43 am Really wish they could figure out a way to make the Lydia RR crossing more viable. Trains sit there constantly (or going 1 MPH) making it unusable. NE Industrial could be much better used if they could figure out that crossing.
Pretty sure port Kc and Columbus park are working on a pedestrian connector to the riverfrontKCPowercat wrote: ↑Sun May 14, 2023 11:43 am Really wish they could figure out a way to make the Lydia RR crossing more viable. Trains sit there constantly (or going 1 MPH) making it unusable. NE Industrial could be much better used if they could figure out that crossing.
Hadn't heard this. Nice. RR okay with it?Cratedigger wrote: ↑Sun May 14, 2023 3:43 pmPretty sure port Kc and Columbus park are working on a pedestrian connector to the riverfrontKCPowercat wrote: ↑Sun May 14, 2023 11:43 am Really wish they could figure out a way to make the Lydia RR crossing more viable. Trains sit there constantly (or going 1 MPH) making it unusable. NE Industrial could be much better used if they could figure out that crossing.
I've been hearing this for over 20 years.KCPowercat wrote: ↑Sun May 14, 2023 6:58 pmHadn't heard this. Nice. RR okay with it?Cratedigger wrote: ↑Sun May 14, 2023 3:43 pmPretty sure port Kc and Columbus park are working on a pedestrian connector to the riverfrontKCPowercat wrote: ↑Sun May 14, 2023 11:43 am Really wish they could figure out a way to make the Lydia RR crossing more viable. Trains sit there constantly (or going 1 MPH) making it unusable. NE Industrial could be much better used if they could figure out that crossing.
Berkley Riverfront Connectivity Study — a planning and connectivity study for the Berkley Riverfront area of Columbus Park in Kansas City, Missouri. Awarded $135,000.
https://cityscenekc.com/study-looks-a ... bus-park/Cratedigger wrote: ↑Mon May 15, 2023 10:23 am https://www.marc.org/news/transportatio ... ble-places
Berkley Riverfront Connectivity Study — a planning and connectivity study for the Berkley Riverfront area of Columbus Park in Kansas City, Missouri. Awarded $135,000.
Yeah, that's what I mean. Just move the ones to the north so they are closer to the ones to the south and free up the land along Berkley Parkway. Right now there is a lot of empty land. Probably used to be tracks at one time.FangKC wrote: ↑Thu May 25, 2023 5:50 pm They could probably move tracks. There is room to replace those tracks in the right-of-way to the south. I believe there actually used to be more lines of track (on the south segment anyway) that were removed. One of the big switching rail yards in the East Bottoms was shut down to heavy use not long ago, so I would think the amount of traffic on those lines would also be reduced.
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https://railroads.dot.gov/sites/fra.dot ... s_PDFa.pdfMissouri – Kansas City Riverfront Rail Crossing Elimination Study (Up To $2,000,000)
Port Authority of Kansas City
The proposed project will support planning and project development work to eliminate three at-grade crossings on
Lydia Avenue. The Berkley Riverfront area is being revitalized through the development of commercial event
facilities, green spaces, and recreational opportunities, and it connects several neighborhoods to these access
points. The three crossings in question (UP, KCS, BNSF) are the only at-grade crossings on Lydia Avenue and have no
sidewalk or bicycle right-of-way. The Port Authority of Kansas City is providing a 20 percent non-Federal match.
$964,000 of this project funding amount qualifies for the statutory set-aside for Planning projects.