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Residents press TIF commission on traffic, MoDOT documentation and transparency during Wally's hearing
Summary
At the public hearing, residents praised job creation but raised safety and process concerns — asking for MoDOT documentation, engineering drawings and updated traffic studies; commissioners voted to continue the hearing to allow corrected exhibits and required notice.
Public comment during the Nov. 12 Tax Increment Financing Commission hearing on the proposed Wally’s travel center included both support and detailed concerns about traffic, process timing and documentation.
Lucy Young, a long‑time project proponent, told the commission she supported Wally’s and highlighted the developer’s reimbursement of demolition costs and payment of back taxes at closing. "I obviously have been a proponent of this project since the very first public meeting. I see nothing but public benefit out of this," she said, noting job opportunities and traffic improvements the…
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