Public Works Commission urges Board to form task force to revise 2026 Pedestrian Pathway Plan

The Public Works Commission of the City of Town and Country on June 15 voted to recommend that the Board of Aldermen form a task force to revisit and reprioritize the 2026 Pedestrian Pathway Comprehensive Plan. The motion, made by Commissioner Johnson and seconded by Commissioner Tuckett, carried unanimously.

Todd Rehg, Public Works Director, advised commissioners that the commission could not require another city commission to rework its plan and suggested the commission forward a recommendation to the Board instead. "they could not make another commission do anything only the Board could do that," Mr. Rehg told the commissioners, and he recommended sending a formal request to the Board for a task force that would include members from Public Works, Parks and Trails, and Ways and Means.

Commissioners discussed several projects listed in the plan, including upgrades on Ballas Road and earlier discussion about adding sidewalks along Mason Road to connect to Queeny Park. Commissioners who spoke said they wanted the list reprioritized so the most pressing pedestrian connectivity gaps are addressed first.

The commission's motion asks the Board to create a task force composed of representatives from Public Works, the Parks and Trails Commission and Ways and Means to revisit the Comprehensive Plan and re-prioritize projects. The recommendation now goes to the Board of Aldermen for consideration; the commission did not set a timeline for the Board's action.

The commission took no binding regulatory action on the plan itself; its vote was a recommendation to the Board.