This morning at 9:30, I attended a groundbreaking for the alternate route 63 project on the west side of the fairgrounds. It was well attended and several folks spoke: Senator Wes Shoemyer; Rep Rebecca McClanahan; Mayor Martha Rowe; Nate Walker, executive director of Northeast MO Regional Planning Commission; Harriet Beard, president of Hwy 63 Transportation Corporation; and David Gach, chairman of the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission.
There was lots of conversation about how generally thrilled everyone is, how this was a long time in coming, and how grateful we are to the citizens of Kirksville for passing a sales tax extension to help fund the route. MoDOT officials assure us that ground will break any day now on the northern half, so this truly is an exciting project.
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