A Kansas City street project that took years to plan and almost two years to complete was damaged less than a month after a city ribbon-cutting, after illegal sideshows scarred the roads with tire tracks on Saturday.
On Oct. 16, city leaders celebrated the completed, 18-month renovation of a $14 million improvement project to the Waldo neighborhood around West 75th Street and Wornall Road. The upgrades included paved roads, new sidewalks and streetlights, a replaced water main, and an outsized Waldo Area Business Association logo in the center of the intersection.
The logo featured a large ‘W’ in red, light blue, and green lettering with “Waldo KCMO” in white lettering underneath the monogram, which was overlaid on a navy blue circle with a white border. The logo was not painted on, but a thermoplastic, melted onto the concrete with hopes that it might last longer, according to Waldo Area Business Association executive director Sean Anderson…