Summary of Scherer Road - Sampson Road to M291 Highway

Lees Summit



Project Number: 1267
Organization: Lees Summit
Project Name: Scherer Road - Sampson Road to M291 Highway
City(ies), County(ies), State: Lees Summit, Jackson County, Missouri
Routes, interchanges and/or intersections: Scherer Road from Sampson Road to M291 Highway
Primary Project Mode: Highway/roadway 
Supplementary Project Mode(s): * Active Transportation )
The project includes roadway improvements, additional travel lanes, safety enhancements, pedestrian and bicycle facilities (sidewalks, shared-use path) and connections to the regional highway system, bikeway and trail networks.
Project Purpose: * System expansion (added capacity) * System preservation, rehabilitation or replacement )
Project Description: The project will reconstruct an inadequate rural roadway to an urban multi-lane, multi-modal transportation corridor supporting all users (motorists, pedestrians, transit riders, bicyclist and freight). The project is along a major arterial that extends between M-291 and Sampson Road. West of Sampson road, Scherer Parkway continues as an existing four-lane urban thoroughfare crossing multiple jurisdictions and Interstate 49 to the west.
Scope: The project will reconstruct Scherer Road from Sampson Road to M-291 Highway. The total project length is 3.75 miles. The project will include realignment of the vertical profile to address sight distance issues, widen the number of lanes from two, narrow, rural, non-shouldered lanes to a four lane divided urban street section with sidewalk, paths, street lights, curb, storm sewer, etc.
Funding Source: Mo Local
Total Budget in 2019 Dollars: $22,500,000
Total Budget in Year of Expenditure dollars (YOE): $28,350,000
Decade: 2020
Application Score: 92
Constrained / Illustrative: Constrained
Priority: High
Adds Capacity: Yes

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