MoDOT Researching Traffic Flow at Fox School District Intersection

The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) began monitoring traffic at the entrance to the School District, the intersection of Jeffco Boulevard and Tenbrook Road, on Wednesday.

MoDOT is considering placing a left turn arrow on northbound Jeffco Boulevard to help drivers turn into the school campus, said Ward 1 Councilman Christine "Cricky" Lang during a city council meeting at , at 2101 Jeffco Blvd., last month.

MoDOT, which manages Jeffco Boulevard instead of the City of Arnold, needs evidence about the intersection’s traffic flow prior to installing a traffic arrow, Lang said.

MoDOT spent $750,000 to build an additional left turn lane and left turn arrow at the intersection of Richardson Road and Jeffco Boulevard in 2008, the MoDOT website stated. The lane and traffic arrow helped solve to traffic and car wreck problems at the intersection, the MoDOT website said.

MoDOT built the extra lane on Richardson Road and installed the traffic light in about six months, the website said. The department held an open house on the Richardson Road traffic study in 2006, sent requests for project bids in 2007 and completed construction in 2008, the website said.