PT 2 Hartman & Company, Inc. McCracken Road Project Pedestrian Passagew...

PT 2 Hartman & Company, Inc. McCracken Road Project Pedestrian Passageway

Video Date Friday, January 20, 2023
Hartman & Company, Inc. is the prime contractor.  There Link Below

https://www.facebook.com/hartmanandcompanyinc/

McCracken Road Project 2022-2023  SEE Link For More Info.

https://ozarkmissouri.com/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=338

As a citizen who drives every day in Ozark you certainly recognize our volume of traffic is becoming more not less.  The City of Ozark continues to be a highly desirable market for developers, both residential and commercial, because of the many wonderful attributes our community has to offer.  As new growth occurs the impact that growth has on our infrastructure system, specifically transportation, creates significant demands for increased capacity.  As a river community, bridges are a critical component to the transportation system as well as managing the flood waters that can cause road closures, increase safety risks, and cause property damage.

Knowing growth and economic development is intricately tied to transportation improvements, in 2019 Governor Mike Parsons created the Governor’s Transportation Cost Share Program, specifically focused on funding local transportation improvements that would advance economic development projects in Missouri while also improving capacity and safety.  

The City of Ozark, in partnership with Christian County, Ozark Special Road District, and the Finley Farms Transportation Development District, submitted an application to receive some of these funds for a project in Ozark.  We were fortunately successful in our application and in the summer of 2020 received a Governor’s Cost Share Grant with a project scope that included:

1.  The reconstruction and rehabilitation of the 95-year old Mill Pond Bridge;

2.  The reconstruction of the intersection of North 3rd Street and McCracken Road;

3.  The rising of the roadway elevation to provide new storm water boxes that will decrease the negative impact of frequent flooding events;

4.  Improve safety with the addition of new intersection approaches, striped turn lanes, directional islands, and improved signage.  

This project was originally scheduled for late summer 2020, however, due to the COVID pandemic causing supply and labor shortages, increased costs, and funding delays an extension request was necessary and a new “Phased” timeline was developed as outlined below:

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