Historical Summer 2003 article. Dates, prices, services and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
Only a few weeks before the first parkway closings, Skinker DeBaliviere residents, along with their brethren from other impacted neighborhoods, met with METRO officials in the St. Roch Church Hall to learn more about what to expect and when. Discussion was limited to construction.
A number of METRO executives were present.
The following points were made: • There will be some disruption to everyday lives. • If contractors are ahead of schedule, the parkway might reopen sooner. • The parkway will be redone with new pavement and signals. • After the parkway is completed, tracks will still need to be laid and overhead wires put in. • DesPeres south of the parkway will close only after the parkway is reopened between DesPeres and DeBaliviere. • There will be 2 weeks notice of any additional closure. • Skinker and Big Bend will each be closed for one weekend when the temporary bridges are put in.
There will be 2 weeks notice. • There will be a temporary signal at Lindell and Skinker. • There will be no designated detour route. • Two lanes will be kept open in each direction on Skinker, Big Bend and DeBaliviere. • Delmar improvements will occur between June 1 and mid-September.
Residents voiced various concerns. Mgsr. Polizzi of St. Roch made the point that Washington University had been consulted more than once regarding construction. Neighborhood schools and churches were not.
Some spoke in favor of reopening DesPeres at Delmar; others opposed it.
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Original Metro construction-closure diagram accompanying Summer2003 report. Historical illustration; not current traffic guidance.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, Summer 2003.
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