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June 1996. In order to move forward with the extension, the County needed the 20 percent match required for funding the project. St. Charles County placed a one-half cent sales tax proposal before the voters in August and again in November of 1996. Both times the proposal failed. Since then other corridors in the St. Louis region have been funded and improvements to the initial 18-mile system from downtown St. Louis to the airport has been constructed. The possibility of restoring the St. Charles County corridor to the MetroLink system now seems remote. D. Railroads Two railroads operate in St. Charles County, the Burlington Northern & Santa Fe and the Norfolk and Southern. The Burlington Northern travels from St. Louis County north along U.S. 67 to West Alton and from there west in the northern part of the County close to the Mississippi River into Lincoln County. It has no stops except for a spur to the Ameren Power Plant at Portage Des Sioux. The Norfolk and Southern enter from St. Louis County along side Rt. 370 and travels west in the I-70 corridor into Warren County with a spur to the General Motors plant at Wentzville. These two railroads have no current plans for changes to their rail lines. No other railroad companies have expressed an interest in providing service in St. Charles County at this time. E. Pipeline According to the St. Charles County Master Plan 2015 there are 11 pipelines operating in the County. They include the following companies and move the noted products: • Amoco Gasoline, Petroleum • Arco Diesel Fuel #2, Kerosene, Leaded and Unleaded Gasoline • Conoco Fuel Oils, Liquid Petroleum Gas, Leaded and Unleaded Gasoline • Explorer Leaded and Unleaded Gasoline, Aviation Fuel (JP - 4) • Williams Diesel Fuel #2, Leaded and Unleaded Gasoline • Kochs Liquid Anhydrous Ammonia • Kochs Crude Oil • Missouri Natural Gas • Platte Crude Oil • Shell Crude Oil • Southern Star Central Natural Gas These companies traverse all parts of St. Charles County entering from the west. Some cross the Missouri River and others enter from Warren and Lincoln Counties, They all converge in the northeast part of the County between the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers and cross into Illinois just north of the confluence of the rivers. This is the area in the Illinois part of the Region that has a large amount of petroleum and natural gas facilities that process and distribute products from the pipelines. St. Charles County plays no role in handling material from the pipelines with the exception of one facility, Williams Petroleum in St. Peters. The company transfers a small amount of petroleum from a Conoco pipeline to trucks. As a result, these modes of transportation have no impact, including employment opportunities, and place no demands on the County. 58
F. Aviation St. Charles County has two general aviation airports. One is Smartt Airport and the other is St. Charles Municipal Airport. Smartt Airport is located in the northeast part of the County adjacent to Grafton Ferry Rd. north of Rt. 94. St. Charles Municipal Airport is also in the northeast part of the County just south of Rt. B west of Rt. 94. Smartt Airport has an instrument runway that allows aircraft to land when the weather is below Visual Flight Rule (VFR) minimums of 1,000 feet. The FAA has designated Smartt Airport as a reliever airport for Lambert International for general aviation aircraft. St. Charles Municipal has no instrument capabilities. The County had an airport study conducted by a consultant in 2002 entitled St. Charles County- Smartt Airport Master Plan. Although some of the recommendations in the report do not have the approval of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) yet, extending the main runway by 600 ft. to 4,400 ft., which has been considered of real value by the County. Mention is made of the airport in the St. Charles County Master Plan 2015, as an opportunity to better meet the aviation needs of the County, expand the general aviation infrastructure, and increase the County’s aviation activity. The County has been discussing various possibilities for improving general aviation activity including expanding Smartt Airport. Highway traffic presently generated by the two airports is quite small and does not impose any traffic problems on the supporting highway system. Even an expanded facility, such as the one proposed for Smartt Airport, would not cause any future traffic problems regardless of its size as it only serves general aviation activity. G. Barge Since the 1997 St. Charles County transportation study, no change has occurred in barge operations on the Missouri or Mississippi Rivers that would affect the County’s transportation system. Operations consist of travel up and down the rivers past the County. No new facilities have been built and there is no exchange of material to another mode of travel such as truck or railroad. There is no travel to such a facility by persons in the County generating additional traffic on county roads. 59
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THE ST. CHARLES COUNTY TRANSPORTATI
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List of Figures Figure Page 1. Coun
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List of Acronyms/Terms AASHTO Ameri
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investment scenarios. Also, more ac
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doubled, going from 46,354 to 101,7
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C. Present Land Use Basic inputs in
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Page 27 and 28: other uses as well. They generally
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Page 41 and 42: Table 6 Missouri River Crossings Ch
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Page 51 and 52: I-70 west of U.S. 40/61 to Pearce B
Page 53 and 54: Criteria Table 11 Level of Service
Page 55 and 56: speed of 50 placing it at LOS C. Th
Page 57 and 58: Jungermann Rd. This road runs from
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Page 61 and 62: U.S. 67 experienced no delays and t
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Page 71: B-1.1 MoDOT Roads Number of Crashes
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Page 76 and 77: Crash Rates The crash rate is the b
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Page 92 and 93: A. Background V. Present Transporta
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passes through the signal of the no
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Rt. A This five-lane road runs from
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of future travel conditions. Some m
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Winghaven Blvd. Rt. N to I-64. Wing
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severity, and the crash rate (crash
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B-1. MoDOT Roads The following part
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study should be low, however, impro
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public decisions, and does not mean
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APPENDICES
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APPENDIX B 2030 TRAFFIC VOLUME FORE
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Appendix B (Continued) Route/ Exist
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