Kansas City Challenges UNDEFEATED Independence Bridge In 2024

The only way to avoid losing this fight is for the city to steer truckers away from inevitable doom. 

Here's a worthwhile progress report on a slow-moving solution . . .

The roughly $200,000 project is the joint effort of the city of Kansas City and the bridge’s owner, Kansas City Terminal Railway, with the city putting up roughly $150,000, of which $90,000 came from 4th District PIAC (Public Improvement Advisory Committee) contingency funds and the railroad (KCTY) putting up $56,000.

Initially, construction on the project was to be completed by July 4, 2023 in order to take advantage of the partnership funding from KCTY. Early in September, 2023 a contract extension was executed with a scheduled project completion deadline of March 3rd, 2024.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

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