3/8 cent Transportation Sales Tax Voter Approved on April 2017
Thank YOU-For supporting the 5-Year Plan for Transportation
When the citizens of Ozark voted to approve our first ever Transportation Sales Tax in April 2017, it was a clear message to city leaders that they wanted to see transportation improvements. Many local street and sidewalk improvements have already been completed, and throughout the next 5-years more will take place throughout our community. Significant progress has also been made on our large scale partnership projects with MODOT, Christian County, and Ozark Special Road District. These projects are progressing in a timely manner and are almost through the engineering, design, right of way acquisition and environmental study stages. More details on these large projects and all of the local projects can be found below in the "Project Update" section.
We are dedicated to fulfilling these commitments to improve our community, improve safety, and continue expanding our economic development opportunities.
Funding the 5 year plan
Please keep in mind that this is a 5-year plan so all projects you may want to see cannot be completed in a single year. As the City only receives sales tax funds from the Missouri Department of Revenue (DOR) on a monthly basis, and the fact that the state laws didn’t allow the DOR to begin collecting the new tax until October 1, 2017, the City has only received funds from this sales tax for the months indicated below.
If you have any questions about funding or the projects please feel free email Spayne@ozarkmissouri.com.
Project Name
Amount Spent
Cost Share Projects
Transfer to Riverside Bridge Project
$ 200,000
Transfer to MODot South Street Sidewalk
$172,211.76
Transfer to MODOT South/Selmore Intersection
$ 407,890.00
2017 Street Projects
Liberty Street
$230,780.00
Applecreek Subdivision
$ 563,089.00
11th Avenue & Hartley
$106,447.47
5th Avenue
$ 4,795.00
2017 Sidewalk & Trail Projects
Hartley & East Elementary
$ 120,826.77
McGuffey & North Elementary
$ 77,865.77
Finley River Park to Grubaugh Park
$ 132,931.10
Brick Street & Downtown
$ 61,295.00
2018 Street Projects
Waterford Subdivision
$662.814.38
Eunice Street
$ 186,278.01
2018 Sidewalk & Trail Projects
Downtown CBD improvements
$ 52,737.00
Walnut Street Improvements
$ 77,865.77
UPDATES ON MODOT INTERSECTIONS
Intersection improvement on Business 65 at South Street near Selmore Rd
TENTATIVE Schedule (schedule subject to change)
Consultant Selection – COMPLETED Nov 2016 Consultant Notice To Proceed (start design work)- COMPLETED Jan 2017 Preliminary Plans for BU 65- Complete (done by MODOT)COMPLETED R/W Plans for BU 65- Jan 2017 (done by MODOT)COMPLETED Jan 2017 Preliminary Plans for Intersection BU65/Rte 14/Selmore Rd- IN PROGRESS March 2017 R/W Plans for Intersection BU65/Rte 14/Selmore RdBEGINS May 1, 2017 Public Meeting for both projects COMPLETED Summer 2017 Construction Plans for both BU 65 and Intersection BU65/Rte 14/Selmore RdFeb, 2018 Plans/Spec/Estimate IN PROGRESSMarch 2018 Construction Contract Award January 2020 Construction Notice to ProceedFebruary 2020 Construction Complete (anticipate) Middle of 2021
Intersection Improvements on Route 14 and Intersection of Route 14/NN
TENTATIVE Schedule (schedule subject to change)
Consultant Selection COMPLETED Nov 2016 Consultant Notice to Proceed(start design work) COMPLETED Jan 2017 Preliminary Plans for Rte 14 and Rte 14/NN Intersection COMPLETED April 2017 R/W Plans COMPLETEDDecember 2018 Public Meeting for project COMPLETED October 2018 Construction Plans Jan 2019- Oct 2019 Construction Contract Award January 2020 Construction Notice to Proceed February 2020 Anticipated Construction Completion Middle of 2021
