tom santry: It appears therehas been no progress in the Page Ave extension in St Charles between Harvester and Jungerman. Each day there's a huge log-jam of traffic especially for commuters trying to reach the Jungerman intersection. The concrete-laying tractor hasn't moved from it's parking spot just beyond Harvester in months. Why isn't Mo-Dot working in this area of Page Ave to relieve the traffic congestion? When, if ever, does Mo-Dot plan on restarting the construction they began many months ago?

GLT: When going east on 64/40 and approaching the 270 exchange, two of the right hand lanes split from the two remaining lanes (these continue east on 64/40). At the split the actual divider between these two lanes (going onto 270) makes a turn to the left (about 10 degrees). These lane markings are difficult to see in the daylight and impossible to see in the rain or in the morning when the sun is in your eyes. I have seen on several occasions where the driver in the far right lane just drives into the second right lane as if nothing occured. This is dangerouse to me. Better signage and more reflective lane markings are needed. Your comments?

Catherine: Not too long ago, the cut-through between Southbound Union and Eastbound Lindell was closed off, and the Westbound lanes on Lindell were re-striped so that there are two through lanes and one right-turn-only lane. There are a couple of problems with this:

(1) Every day, I watch multiple people in the right-turn-only lane drive straight through the intersection with Union and cut off drivers in the right-hand through lane; and

(2) Westbound drivers who want to turn left into Forest Park have no choice but to block the left-hand through lane while they wait for an opening in the oncoming traffic – which is even harder to do now that the oncoming traffic has a longer green light (before the re-striping, it was at least possible to get mostly out of the way).

I can understand the benefits to simplifying this unusual intersection. However, I don't understand why it was not possible to keep the cut-through open only for drivers who want to turn from Westbound Lindell onto Northbound Union. If this had been done, then the rest of the Westbound Lindell traffic could have two through lanes and one LEFT-turn-only lane. This would allow drivers better access to the Eastbound Forest Park Parkway, as well as access to the park itself. Quite a lot of people make that turn each day.

Jim: Does MoDOT plan on using the newer Clearview font on its road signs following the lead of other states, including Illinois? I find Clearview to be much easier to read from long distances than the current Highway Gothic.

mel3476: Linda: I know you are probably going to get blasted with people complaining about last Thursday. I just want to pass along that I think MoDOT does some great work and sometimes, things don't work out as planned. Just keep up the great work!

That being said, I've wondered for quite awhile and perhaps this may be a bit out of your area, but I was wondering if you could shed a bit of light on this for me. Jefferson City is one of four US State Capitals without an Interstate (I-70 is 30 miles to the north), and I wondered when I-70 was created, why it passed to the north of Jefferson City? In addition, are there any plans in the future for Interstate access to Jefferson City? Thanks!