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According to the Belleville News-Democrat, more than two dozen members of the St. Louis political and business elite met downtown last week to talk over options for paying for a new Mississippi River bridge.
There is a new sense of urgency in reaching an agreement on the bridge before Missouri and Illinois miss their chance at $239 million in federal aid.
The day before the meeting, we asked Gov. Matt Blunt if after years of plans, new plans, negotiations, and renegotiations, will this bridge ever get built?
The board of the East-West Gateway Council of Governments, the metro area's designated planning agency, will be meeting tomorrow for their regular monthly meeting. One of the topics of discussion will be the new $1 billion Mississippi River Bridge.
The board is scheduled to vote on a proposal to do yet another analysis of the traffic and financial situations at the root of more than a decade of calls for a new bridge and why construction still has not begun on actually building one.
Elected officials from Missouri and Illinois are expected to attend, including St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay, St. Louis County Executive Charlie Dooley, St. Clair County Executive Mark Kern, Madison County Chairman Alan Dunstan, and St. Charles County Executive Joe Ortwerth.
The meeting will be Wednesday at 10:00 a.m. at Gateway Tower, One Memorial Drive, on the 16th floor.