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Columbia’s city council is expected to vote tonight on a bill involving roll carts and on a resolution involving beautification of the I-70 and Highway 63 intersection.
The council is scheduled to vote on a two-page ordinance that would appropriate $995,000 from the city’s solid waste vehicle equipment replacement fund to purchase about 36,000 roll carts for residential curbside customers. Columbia’s city council voted unanimously in March to approve a roll cart trash collection system, which will begin on March 4, 2024.
The council is also set to vote tonight on a two-page resolution expressing support for Columbia contributing about $1.5 million to the I-70 and Highway 63 interchange beautification project, once the project is finished. The state Department of Transportation (MoDOT) has unveiled a $140-million preferred alternative for I-70 and Highway 63, which would include two key flyovers.
The Columbia Chamber of Commerce and others have made beautification of that interchange a top priority. MoDOT says about 160,000 vehicles go through the interchange daily, making it mid-Missouri’s busiest interchange. Residents and motorists have complained for years about trash and litter in that area. Columbia’s city council packet says the $1.5 million would be taken from the city’s investment income capital project account.
The council will also hear testimony tonight from resident Jack Donelon of the Lake of the Woods Homeowners Association on Grace lane, which is south of the I-70 and Lake of the Woods interchange. Mr. Donelon will be discussing traffic due to development on Richland road.
Tonight’s meeting begins at 7 at city hall.
