November 5, 2007
Friends of Red Bridge to conduct feasibility study
Final Plan and Report to be presented to Parks Board, City Council
The Friends of Red Bridge study of Red Bridge Road will engage locally- and nationally-recognized figures in the field of progressive traffic engineering and community involvement to create a proposal for the enhancement of Red Bridge Road. The end result will feature improvements for safety and traffic flow, an environmentally progressive design, treatments to the public right of way, and the leveraging of natural and historical assets in Minor Park and the Blue River valley. The City-sponsored process, led by BWR Corp. was supposed to provide alternatives to the previous design, but instead has duplicated the original study. Therefore, FoRB is quickly moving to conduct its own study as a real alternative. FoRB will update concerned parties during the process and provide opportunities for true public involvement. A final report will be made to the Parks Board and City Council around year's end. About Friends of Red Bridge Friends of Red Bridge is a community organization of over 500 supporters based in the Red Bridge Road area in south Kansas City, Missouri. Formed in 2004 as a response to the plan to convert Red Bridge Road into a highway-like thoroughfare, FoRB's purpose is to defend local neighborhoods and parklands, and to advocate an alternative vision for the 21st century in keeping with the growing problems of global warming, petroleum supply constraints, and changing economic development and demographic patterns that favor walkability and livability over auto-dependency.
See also companion press release
