Feds allocate $20 million for Maryland Heights Expressway-Highway 141 connector
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
November 5, 2009
By Phil Sutin
The federal government has allocated $20 million in federal stimulus money for constructing a road connecting the Maryland Heights Expressway and a relocated Highway 141 in Maryland Heights and Chesterfield, St. Louis County Executive Charlie Dooley announced on Wednesday.
The Federal Highway Administration and the Missouri Department of Transportation also approved the plan to build the road, which would be four and six lanes depending on the location. It would replace a narrow, two lane section of Creve Coeur Mill Road.
The county expects construction to begin next summer and be complete two years later.
"This is a huge 'next step' for one of the largest road construction projects ever undertaken by St. Louis County," Dooley said in a statement. "It will create hundreds of construction jobs, not to mention many years of smooth flowing traffic," he said.
The county expects the project to cost $67 million. The county is providing $7 million in already allocated money and $30 million in new money. In adding to the federal funds, Maryland Heights and Chesterfield will contribute $5 million each.
After seeking requests for qualification, the county has selected four teams as eligible to bid for a design-build contract for the work. The bids are due Jan. 21. The county hopes to select a team next spring.
The four teams are:
- Fred Weber Inc. and Parsons Transportation Group Inc.
- KCI Construction Co. Inc. and Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.
- Millstone Bangert Inc. and Mactec Engineering and Consulting.
- St. Louis Bridge Construction Co., Hanson Professional Services, Inc., Gaines Construction Inc. and MTC Construction Inc.
