Kansas City Stays Losing Fight Against Undefeated Bridge

Community News deserves a shout out this morning for impactful followup reporting revealing a truism regarding 12th & Oak promises. 

INDEPENDENCE AVE. BRIDGE REMAINS UNDEFEATED AS EFFORTS TO DEVISE FIX SLAM INTO BUREAUCRATIC FAIL!!!

 Translation . . . 

Campaign season has concluded . . . Get accustomed to waiting and, maybe, ducking.

Check the progress report or lack thereof . . .

Since The Northeast News reported that story on December 22, few updates have been forthcoming on progress, design or when the project would break ground.

According to the City’s Compass website, the construction phase of the project was from March 4 to July 4 of this year, pushed back from initial estimates of a first quarter 2023 completion date. As of last Friday, the bridge and its approaches remained untouched and Compass indicated the project was still in the design phase.

After three truck strikes over an eight day timespan in mid-July, The Northeast News reached out again to the City looking for a status report. Despite the truck strike spike, there is still no start date for the project.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

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