The details of a proposed road that cuts through residential areas southeast of Springfield aren't scheduled to be finalized for at least a few months.
Greene County commissioners asked a subcommittee of the Ozarks Transportation Organization to decide whether the area needed a road and where it should be.
But subcommittee members sent it back to the county, saying it's more appropriate for the county to decide where the road should be.
Asked about whether the road is needed, "The answer is probably yes," Chairman Pat Lloyd said.
The next step is a Nov. 8 meeting to look more broadly at the Major Thoroughfare Plan, including other places that could need a road. One proposal is to extend Republic Road past Glenstone Avenue to Highway J, but residents of the area have protested that plan.
About 35 people showed up to the subcommittee meeting, but it didn't accept public comment.
The southeast road was proposed in response to the 60/65 development, a 300-acre, multi-use development proposed at the intersection of the highways it's named after.
But planners say the roads will probably be over capacity in the next 20 years even if the development doesn't happen.
The subcommittee was asked to decide what changes need to be made to the Major Thoroughfare Plan -- the topic of the November meeting -- whether the southeast road is needed, and the most appropriate place for that road
The details of a proposed road that cuts through residential areas southeast of Springfield aren't scheduled to be finalized for at least a few months.
http://www.news-leader.com/article/20101007/NEWS01/10070348/Subcommittee+pushes+road+question+back+to+Greene+County
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