Clayton Road Project: Phase One Complete, On To Phase Two

The walking trail and road repavement for phase one of Town and Country's Clayton Road Project is complete. Now it's time for phase two.

Phase one of the Clayton Road Trail and Resurfacing Project is complete.  Ground was broken in September and construction began in October beginning Phase 1 of the three-phase project to repave Clayton Road from Hwy 141 to the city limits near Bopp Road. The project also includes creating a multi-use pedestrian trail on the north side of Clayton Road and installing a pedestrian walkway on the existing bridge over Hwy 141 which will connect the sidewalk on the north side of Clayton Road at Old Woods Mill Road to the intersection at Clayton Road and Woods Mill Road.  Phase one is wrapping up and construction is complete. It begins near Longview Farm Park, runs past The Principia school and ends just east of Topping Road, near Interstate 270 …

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Clayton Road Update: Avoid Work Area, Overnight Work Next Week

Drivers are asked to avoid the Clayton and Mason roads intersection early Thursday morning. Night road work begins next week. Check out the latest photos of the road work here.

Town and Country road crews will begin working at the intersection of Mason and Clayton roads at 6 a.m. Thursday and will then head westbound toward Old Woods Mill Road. Drivers are urged to avoid these areas if possible to help alleviate traffic issues. Overnight work begins on the Clayton Road Project Monday. Wedging east of Mason Road and the milling west of Mason Road are now complete and should not see rush hour traffic delays in that area, according to Town and Country Department of Public Works Director Craig Wilde. Road resurfacing is taking place on Clayton Road between Oak Springs and Woods Mill roads this week and next week. Drivers may experience traffic delays in those areas through the end of next week. "As long as the …

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Traffic Alert: Clayton Road Resurfacing Underway, Expect Delays

Resurfacing has begun on Clayton Road as part of Town and Country's new trail and road resurfacing project. This week crews work on trail landscaping and roadway paving.

UPDATED: 10:10 a.m. Tuesday- Town and Country Department of Public Works Director Craig Wilde tells Patch the road resurfacing is taking place on Clayton Road between Oak Springs and Woods Mill roads from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. "That's going to be subject to change based on what we see with the traffic," Wilde said. Drivers may experience traffic delays in those immediate areas through the end of next week as road crews work. Wilde said night paving is an option, but crews are not working at night at this time. This week crews are coldmilling the surface of Clayton road, preparing it for the overlay. "As long as the weather holds out for us, we're working every day," Wilde tells Patch. Wilde sent out the following email Tuesday morning. The …

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Clayton Road Project Update: Road Work Next Week

Paving is now complete on the Clayton Road Trail. Road resurfacing starts next week so there could be traffic delays in the immediate area.

The final leg of the Clayton Road Trail is paved and now crews move on to resurfacing the road as part of Town and Country's the Clayton Road Trail and Resurfacing Project. The road work begins Monday and may cause some traffic delays. Town and Country Department of Public Works Director Craig Wilde just released the following email update on the Clayton Road Trail Project.  I know there has been a lot of discussion and anticipation about the trail on Clayton Road.  Yesterday, we paved the final leg of the trail between Principia and Oak Springs.  Next week will provide a flurry of activity (weather permitting).  Backfill and final grading will continue to progress while the landscaping installation will begin mid week. Starting Monday, we…

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Clayton Road Project Update: History Unearthed, Rain Impact

An apparent 19th century limestone foundation was unearthed during Clayton Road Trail construction.

The soggy weather has been a setback for construction of the Clayton Road Trail Project, but Department of Public Works Director Craig Wilde said crews are still hard at work. He also said an apparent 19th century limestone foundation was recently unearthed, which will likely affect the initial construction plan. Wilde released the following email update on the Clayton Road Trail Project.  We have continued to work every day we can.  The soggy weather is keeping us from being as productive as we would like with the grading.  Although you have not seen as much progress as we had hoped on the project site, we have still been busy working on numerous details. As luck would have it, we have unearthed a limestone foundation that appears to date…

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Neighbors Concerned by Missouri Baptist Medical Center Expansion

Missouri Baptist Medical Center is adding a new building and an eight-acre nature trail south of the campus.

Missouri Baptist Medical Center has been constructing a six-story “West Pavilion” on its flagship Town and Country campus since last spring. The tower will become the hospital’s new main entrance and will house operating rooms, procedure space and 96 patient rooms in 216,000 square feet of new space. The West Pavilion is scheduled for completion in 2013, but the first floor will open as soon as July 2012. As Missouri Baptist expands, nearby residents are contacting Town and Country - Manchester Patch with concerns. However, Missouri Baptist tells Patch it is working with neighbors to address their worries. A spokesperson said the medical facility has held multiple meetings for residents sharing the plans for "growth for the campus and …

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John Hoffmann

2:00 pm on Wednesday, December 14, 2011

The statement in the article of "Town and Country has required the hospital to construct a nature trail on eight acres of undeveloped land on the southern edge of its campus as part of an ordnance permitting the construction of the West Pavilion" is very inaccurate. I was ont he Board of Aldermen at the time. MoBapt came to the city and offered to build the nature trail. It was more of an effort …   more ›

Clayton Road Project Update: Rain a Pain, But Clearing Nearly Done

The recent rain has slowed down the Clayton Road Project a bit, but clearing should be complete this week.

The recent rain has slowed down the Clayton Road Project a bit, but clearing should be complete this week. Crews have spent several weeks removing trees and obstacles for the new path. Demolition of the existing trail will continue over the next week and culverts will begin being installed, Department of Public Works Director Craig Wilde wrote in an email.  Wilde released the following email update on the Clayton Road Trail Project.  Wow, this rain is really slowing us down. Omni only has about one more day of clearing operations and they will be complete. We removed the east side of the entrance at the firehouse and had it replaced with a small complication. The wiring for the warning signal was actually embedded in the concrete slab and …

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UPDATE: Clayton Road Trail Construction Begins Monday

Construction is set to officially begin Monday in Town and Country on the Clayton Road Project.

UPDATED: 10:50 a.m. Monday- Clearing operations have begin for the Clayton Road Project. Omni Tree Service is starting near the firehouse at Mason and Clayton roads. Crews will work their way east across The Principia campus toward  Oak Springs Lane. This is expected to take approximately one week to complete.  READ ORIGINAL STORY: Construction is set to officially begin Monday in Town and Country on the Clayton Road Project. Work will begin on the trail first, before resurfacing of Clayton Road. Department of Public Works Director Craig Wilde said most of the clearing operations for the trail will take place in front of Principia Monday which should have "minimal impact on traffic." Wilde said trail works needs to be complete first before…

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