About 200 to 300 south Kansas City residents crowded the Wonderscope Museum meeting room Monday evening to hear the City’s presentation about the future of Blue River Road. Having bottled up their concerns for the past 15 years for the shuttered road, once a beautiful drive from Martin City to the Dodson area (87th Street), many could hardly contain their questions and emotions during the one-hour meeting.
Nicolos Bosonetto, city engineer and former resident of the Red Bridge area, presented several options for the future Blue River Road, which was shut down between Red Bridge and Bannister roads in 2010 when the road began sliding down the bank.
Option 1A – The City can replace the current roadway, shift the road 20 feet into the bluff, and build two 12-foot travel lanes and two 5-foot sidewalks. The cost: $46,121,400 or $29,953,800 depending on whether shale or limestone is excavated…