Starting Monday, October 6, the City of Joplin will close the intersection of 20th Street and Country Club Drive/Black Cat Road as work on the roundabout continues. This intersection will remain closed to through traffic for approximately two months. The closure will extend to the west on 20th Street, to the west side of and including the entrances on Twin Hills Drive. Access to the Twin Hills neighborhood will be available using Crest View Drive during this construction period.
Local access to homes will be maintained throughout this time. Soft closures will be placed at Central City to the west, 26th Street to the south, Junge Boulevard to the north, and Iron Gates Road to the east.
To avoid this closure, traffic will need to utilize 32nd Street, Central City Road, West Junge Boulevard, and Schifferdecker Avenue. Twin Hills Golf & Country Club will be accessible from the south via Country Club Drive.
This is the first of two roundabouts included in the West 20th Street widening project. A roundabout will also be constructed at the intersection of Central City Road and West 20th Street.
Citizens should be aware that other closures will be announced as this capital improvement project progresses to widen approximately two miles of West 20th Street from two lanes to three lanes from Schifferdecker Avenue to Central City Road. The project includes intersection improvements at both Country Club Drive and Central City Road, adding curbs and gutters, as well as a shared-use path for pedestrians and cyclists along the entire route.
Emery Sapp and Sons, Inc. is the contractor for this $9.8 million project. Funding is through the Capital Improvement Sales Tax initiative passed in 2014 and renewed by voters in 2024, and is partially funded through the City, Jasper County ARPA (American Rescue Plan Act), and Joplin Special Road District.
For questions, contact Rob Beachner, Capital Improvements Project Manager, at 417.624.0820, ext. 1543 or rbeachne@joplinmo.org.
Reference:
Rob Beachner, Capital Improvements Manager
City of Joplin
417.624.0820, ext. 1543
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