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Raytown planners outline draft comprehensive plan, prioritize sidewalks, downtown revitalization and stormwater fixes
Summary
Consultants for Raytown presented existing conditions and preliminary recommendations that prioritize sidewalks and pedestrian routes, targeted safety upgrades along Highway 350, downtown activation and staged infrastructure repairs; they noted funding constraints and set Oct. 15 (Board of Aldermen) and Nov. 13 (public workshop) next steps.
Consultants working on Raytown's new comprehensive plan summarized findings and preliminary recommendations at a board workshop, highlighting mobility gaps, aging sewer and stormwater systems, and opportunities for downtown revitalization.
"The current population is, is 29,000, a little over 29,000, estimated for the current year," said Josh Bloom of the Lakota Group, describing the community profile and demographic trends that informed the team's existing-conditions work. Bloom told the board the plan process is staged: an immersive research phase, an envisioning/testing phase and a later plan-writing and implementation stage; the last comprehensive plan dated to 1996.
Consultants said mobility emerged repeatedly in public outreach. Stuart McClain, a transportation planning consultant with Sam Schwartz, said Raytown is largely car-oriented and flagged a major sidewalk shortfall: "there's 150 miles of road in Raytown, and only 46 mile of sidewalk," he…
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