After spending part of his holiday in swimming trunks, president-elect Buff Bam arrived in D.C. this week and dug into the difficult task of salvaging the economy. In recent weeks, he's outlined his vision
for a stimulus package that would put federal dollars into shovel-ready
infrastructure projects. This week his aides hinted that the tab for Obama's plan
could reach $775 billion.
States and cities are scrambling for a piece of it, and KCMO leaders have prepared a lengthy wish list. The
five-page list -- see it after the jump, in its original, City Hall color-coded format -- includes $819 million worth of new construction and
improvements.
Greg Williams, the city's legislative liaison, cautions
that this is just a preliminary exercise. "It was put together
initially to use as an example to the federal government: 'If you give
us infrastructure money, we have ready projects on which to spend that
money,'" Williams tells us in an e-mail.
There's
plenty of important stuff on there: vital sewer projects, environmental
upgrades, relief for irate drivers who have cracked an axle driving the
treacherously uneven 12th Street Viaduct. But we have questions about that
million-dollar lighting project for a downtown parking garage and $15
million for an airport business center. -- Carolyn Szczepanski
List of Potential Projects for a Federal
Infrastructure Stimulus 2009-2010
(These projects can be done by end of calendar year
2010 and are ready-to-go in 90 days)
(These projects are in no particular order inside
each category)
Community Development Block Grant for
Infrastructure - $437,115,000
·
of Community Center - Design/Build
·
Trolley Track Trail - Needs-
2.4 million - Connect Indian Creek Greenway Trail to Trolley Track Trail
·
- $350,000 - On the south side of Indian Creek
from
to the Union Pacific Railroad Tracks - Plans are
complete and right of way has been acquired
·
Blue River Athletic Field Trail at 103rd
and I-435 - $450,000 - Connects Blue River Trail
to Alex George Lake Trail - Plans are complete and right of way has been acquired
·
Central Region Maintenance Facility-39th
and Gillham - Needs $10,300,000 - For
construction of maintenance facility for Park's Central Region - Design/Build
·
Creek Parkway - N.96th to
- For construction of parkway.
·
Black Archives- $750,000- Completion
of Renovations for Black Archives 18th and Vine Area - Design/Build
·
Road - Needs $1.3
million - For acquisition and construction of widening
to 4-lane parkway and shared-use trail - Design complete
·
million - To construct improvements - No design neeeded
·
Council District 6
- Needs $9 million - For construction of
·
Traffic Signal
Interconnect - Needs $5 million - For interconnect program -
No design needed
·
Municipal Buildings - $10 million - For municipal
buildings such as roof repair, HVAC, etc. - No
design needed
·
Street Resurfacing - $100 million - For street
resurfacings citywide - No design needed
·
Bridge Rehabilitation
- $10 million -
For bridge repair/rehabilitation citywide -
Design/Build
·
Playground
Replacements - $9.8 million - For playground replacements in parks citywide - No design needed
·
Streetlight Tree
Trimming - $7.5 million - For tree trimming surrounding streetlights - No design needed
·
Ave.to N. Brighton Ave - Needs $8 million - For
construction of parkway.
·
High-school- Needs $2.2 million - For
construction of parkway.
·
to 210 Highway - Needs $13 million - For construction of parkway.
·
Street Tree Planting -
$1.5 million -
For planting 13,000 trees in City right-of-ways as a climate protection measure
- No design needed
·
Street Tree Trimming -
$6 million -
For tree maintenance of existing forest infrastructure - No design needed
·
Sidewalk Projects - $5 million - For urban core
sidewalk repair and construction - Design can
be completed very quickly
·
traffic flow and increase efficiencies - Design
has begun
·
Gower at
- $10.2 million
- Street and Bridge Improvements - Design is
complete
·
Waukomis and
- $5 million -
For extending
to Waukomis and then improving Waukomis to reduce accidents - Design has started, grading plans done and ready for bid
·
Ambassador Road from
to
- $5.35 million
- To extend road - Ready for bid
·
Congress / Prairie
View Interchange - $1.6 million - For improving intersection- Design/Build
·
- Design/Build
·
Hills Road from 152 Highway to
·
Springs Road from Green Hills to
·
Springs Parkway from
·
Road from Boardwalk to
·
Springs Road from
to
- Design/Build
·
Tiffany Springs Trails
- $1.6 million
- From Tiffany Springs Parkway to
Hills Road -
Design/Build
·
Precast Culvert in Street
District 1 lot - $2 million - For placing a long concrete culvert in the ditch that
separates the lot - Design has been completed
·
replacement of two bridges at the intersection of Reinking and
- Ready for bid
·
interconnection of the Westport Triangle and improved pedestrian safety - Design/Build
·
N. Brighton - Vivion
to
dedicated bike lane - Design is complete
·
22nd/23rd
Street, Section 1B - $3.5 million - Improvements and capacity upgrades on 22nd
Street from Bruce R Watkins (US71) to Brooklyn Ave.
·
Interchange and dedicated bike lane
·
- $1.5 million - Bridge replacement
·
·
Intersection - $12 million - Bridge replacement
and intersection improvements and includes shared use trail
·
Vivion Trail Phase 3
- Needs
$1.8 million - For construction of shared-use
trail to connect existing trail to
shopping center and to Northgate Middle School-
Design has begun
·
Van Brundt Trail - Needs $1.2 million - For
construction of shared-use trail to connect Brush Creek Trail to
·
Line Creek/2nd Creek
Trail - Needs $1 million - For construction of shared-use trail in
Design complete
·
Town of
construction of interpretive fencing around the historical site - Design funded
·
City Market Improvements
-Needs $5.7 million - Renovation/Renovation of Public Market Buildings - Can proceed immediately
·
18th and
Facility Improvements - Needs $4.2 Million -Expansion/Renovation of Economic Development Project in
Urban Core - Design/Build
·
18th and Vine Historic
District - Needs $3.5 million - Rehabilitation of Historic Buildings for Economic
Development in Urban Core - Designed, can
proceed immediately
·
million - Roadway improvements linking Urban
Core Centers - Preliminary design complete
·
Street Streetscape - Needs
$10 million - For streetscape improvements from
- Design and construction in progress
·
program
·
North Oak Corridor Streetscape - Needs $9.3 million - To construct streetscape
improvements - Preliminary design complete
·
Downtown Streetscape - Needs
$4 million - To construct streetscape improvements - Preliminary design complete
·
improvements - Partially funded and partial
preliminary design complete
·
Street Streetscape - Needs
$2.8 million - To construct sidewalks and enhance pedestrian environment
- Design in progress
·
Bridge Road Streetscape - Needs
$1.1 million - For streetscape improvements
·
redevelopment project - Design and Construction has
begun
·
redevelopment project - Design has begun
·
Hickman Mills Housing
Demonstration Project - Needs $3 million - Entire block housing rehabilitation to demonstrate the
impact of improvements within the area
·
Central Utility Plant Improvements - $16,000,000 - To replace chillers and boilers to
support Aircraft Overhaul Base infrastructure - Engineering
Study complete
·
KCI Intermodal BusinessCentre Phase II - $15,000,000 - Grading, utilities and streets for
industrial warehousing park - Engineering in progress
Water and Wastewater Infrastructure - $179,750,000
·
Water Stormwater
Projects - $38.7 million - For improvements to Chouteau and Gardner in the
Industrial Northeast and Central Industrial District and Troost/Paseo/Brush
Creek Channel storm water infrastructure - Bid
ready
·
Wastewater Facility
Projects - $12.3 million - For the Turkey Creek Pump Station and White aloe Pump
Station rehab - Bid ready
·
Sanitary Sewer
Projects City-Wide - $67.5 million - For eight sanitary sewer projects throughout
·
Water Main
Replacements - $10.75 million - For construction of five small water main replacement
projects for increased water delivery and efficiency - Bid ready
·
Water Facility
Projects - $10.5 million - For four facility improvement projects
·
150 Highway & Botts
Road - $10 million - For increasing capacity and efficiency for the NNSA/Honeywell location
in south Kansas City - In design / to be bid
ready
·
Troost at Brush Creek
transportation project - $12 million - For increasing efficiency near the Brush Creek Channel
project - Bid ready
·
Combined Sewer Separation - $18 million - To separate combined wastewater and
stormwater collection system at the
- Engineering is 90% complete.
Energy Block Grant for Infrastructure and
Green Jobs - $6,100,000
·
Municipal Auditorium
Exterior Preservation - $3.8 million - For cleaning, repairing, and tuck pointing exterior of
the building - Preliminary design has been
completed
·
11th and
Oak Garage Lighting - $1.3 million - For providing new energy efficient lighting and lighting
control system for parking garage. - Design/Build
·
- $1 million - Energy upgrades to lighting and
HVAC - Design/Build
Public Safety Jobs and Technology - $6,000,000
·
New Police Department Helicopter - $6 million - For purchasing a new police helicopter to
replace one of their 40-year old copters - No design
needed
Highway Infrastructure - $124,800,000
·
NE 96th and
I-169 Interchange - Needs $10.25 million - For construction of Interchange - Design being done by Missouri Department of Transportation
but not yet started
·
NE 108th
and I-169 Interchange - Needs $10.25 million - For construction of Interchange - Design being done by Missouri Department of Transportation
but not yet started
·
this bridge's middle deck - Design is complete
·
Traffic Signal
Interconnect - $11 million - For creation of an interconnect system to create traffic
flow improvements and efficiencies - Design/Build
·
Traffic Signal
Projects - $18 million - For creation of 25 signal improvements and construction
to increase traffic efficiency construction -
Design/Build
·
million - For increased traffic efficiency - Design is done and right-of-way has begun
·
Barry Road, Section 2
- Barry Road from Conant to Potomac and Amity Road from Barry Road to M152 - $13.4 million - Improvements
and capacity upgrades to Barry Road and Amity Road as well as replacing the
Rush Creek Bridge used by the residents of KCMO and Weatherby Lake - Design is complete
·
W. Front Street at new
I-29/35 Interchange - Needs $3.9 million -
For construction of roadway - Design is underway and
to be completed by March 2009
·
Bridge replacement into the West Bottom/Central Industrial District area
·
River Road - Needs $5 million - $12 million total construction cost - For construction of roadway and bridge - Design complete
·
Springs Parkway Extension - $10 million - For an extension of existing four-lane
divided parkway to the west of Interstate Highway 29 -Engineering
is complete.
·
Drive and
·
Holland Drive and
million - For street rehabilitation - Design is
in progress
·
Parkway - $5 million - For
new diamond interchange at Highway 9 - Design is 90%
complete
Airport Technology and Infrastructure - $65,000,000
·
Airfield Pavement Repairs - RW 1R/19L & RW
9/27 - $7 million - Pavement rehabilitations to
extend service life of airfield pavements - Design
will Complete February 2009
·
Airfield Snow Removal Equip. & ARFF
Apparatus Maintenance Facility Additions - $5 million
- Expand and renovate Fleet Maintenance Facility in order to facilitate repair
and maintenance of large equipment needed for snow removal operations on the
pavements used by commercial aircraft. - Design
Complete
·
Terminal Access Roadway Rehabilitation - $18 million - Pavement rehabilitation and
modernization of the public access roads of each of the three passenger
terminal facilities - including
access and bus shelters for ground transportation passengers - Design in progress
·
in latest CFR 14 Part 150 Update
·
Downtown Airport Relief Well and Airfield
Dewatering System Rehabilitation - $3 million -
Replacement of relief wells as required to maintain the integrity of permanent
airport dewatering system. - Design in progress
·
Field Maintenance Facility - $6 million - Rehabilitate field maintenance facility
to accommodate increase in number of personnel - Design
Complete.
·
Runway Safety Area Improvements - $12 million - Relocate thresholds and install EMAS at
the
- Design in progress
·
Flight Information Displays - $3 million - Install new technology large scale
informational displays on public airport approach roadways - Design in progress
·
Chilled Water System Rehabilitation - $7 million - Replace cooling towers and underground
chilled water distribution piping for the three passenger terminal buildings at
KCI - Design in progress
Total = $818,765,000
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After reading Nadia�s feature today about how the KCMO government criminally and corruptly squandered HUD-based Community Development Block Grants, I am convinced that if KCMO gets a single Community Development Block Grant, not only will it be one of the greatest shames in our country�s history, it will guarantee that not a single project on that list gets completed.
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