Wornall Road Plates

The other day the Water Department closed down Wornall Road just outside of Southwest High School to perform maintenance on a major water main line. They had to close down one of the south bound lanes after they placed three steel plates over the unfinished work site.

About a week after the road closure the plates began to shift with the heavy traffic on Wornall. Once I noticed that people had to veer into oncoming traffic to avoid the hole in the street I called 311. A day later a crew came out to remove the dangerous situation. They finished the job right before school started on Monday, August 15, 2011. I think they needed the extra lanes in order to allow school buses to line up outside...

Bus Stop Bench

Unbeknownst to many who live along the Trolley Trail, the entire 150 feet right-of-way is owned by the Kansas City Transit Authority (KCATA). While there are some parking lots, signage, and other uses on the trail, all of these uses must register and pay a fee to KCATA.

So when the new Metro Area Express (MAX) bus began service to downtown Kansas City, I would walk my wife to the nearest stop at 65th Street and Wornall Road. What I noticed was that while there was a trash can and a blank pad, there was not a place to sit. Other stops along the Trolley Trail in our neighborhood had benches, but this stop directly across from the now operating and commuter heavy Southwest High School had virtually no amenities.

After a quick call to the KCATA, they had a team out to survey the site, and the bench was installed within a week. Now if they could only change the rate of service that quickly...