Excellence in Concrete Award: 39th Street, Independence, Missouri

An award for Excellence in Concrete for Municipal Paving was presented recently to GBA by the Concrete Promotional Group (CPG).  The awards are presented each year to recognize outstanding work in concrete construction. The 39th Street improvements involved all new construction of about two miles of four-lane divided roadway bounded by the Little Blue River on the west and RD Mize/Woods Chapel Road on the east. The project was funded by the 39th Street Transportation Development District (TDD), which was established, along with a one-eighth cent sales tax, by Independence voters in 2002. The 39th Street extension is the second project that the TDD has funded. In 2005, two right-turn lanes were added and other lanes widened at the intersection of 39th Street and Lee’s Summit Road.