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Board directs engineering to design Lyons Road upgrade in partnership with Special Road District
Summary
The board instructed staff to proceed with engineering design for Lyons Road (also referenced as Alliance Road), working with the Osage Beach Special Road District; the aim is to upgrade a gravel, dead-end roadway to serve a planned apartment development and provide 20-25 years of pavement life.
The Osage Beach Board of Aldermen on July 17 voted to direct city engineering staff to pursue design work, in cooperation with the Osage Beach Special Road District, to upgrade Lyons Road (a gravel, dead-end roadway) to a rural local street standard that can serve a proposed apartment development.
Public Works Director Jeff Fisher and Lee Shulman of the Osage Beach Special Road District described the project as a public-private partnership: the special road district will coordinate funding for upgrades to a private road and the city would provide engineering design and, if the road meets the boardcriteria, accept it into the city inventory for maintenance. Fisher said preliminary plans call for a rural section with ditches rather than curb-and-gutter, a pavement design intended to provide 20 to 25 years of life, and a cul-de-sac meeting city standards at the end of the dead end.
Aldermen discussed the usual procedural steps for similar projects: a petition from property owners, a review of whether the finished road will meet city design standards or require a board decision to accept a road built to a reduced standard, and clear up-front determination of the right-of-way acquisition. Alderman Kevin Rucker noted past projects stalled when engineering work proceeded without a signed petition from property owners; staff said the current concept identifies only two property owners required for right-of-way and that one property owner was present and had indicated willingness to grant the cul-de-sac right-of-way.
After questions, the board approved a motion to direct engineering to pursue the Lyons Road design in cooperation with the special road district. The motion carried with a voice vote.
City staff said final acceptance of the road into the city inventory would follow design completion and a board action at that later time. The board did not authorize construction spending at this meeting; it approved design work coordination and direction to engage engineers for the next step.
