Special Purpose District for Manchester Road Being Sought by Wildwood, Ballwin, Ellisville Officials
A new "overlay" governmental district to oversee long-term Manchester Road improvements is a new goal for Wildwood, Ballwin and Ellisville city representatives.
With Manchester Road being targeted as part of the St. Louis Great Streets Initiative, this major thoroughfare needs a major transformation that will take years to complete. To be able to work together for an extended period of time, city staffers, council members and board of aldermen of Wildwood, Ellisville and Ballwin municipalities hope to form a "special purpose" taxing district with the sole purpose of executing improvements to the Manchester Road corridor. (For instant news updates follow Patch on Facebook and Twitter.) Wildwood city council members approved a resolution at Monday evening's council meeting to pursue this long-range collaboration with neighboring municipalities. Wildwood City Administrator Dan Dubruiel said …
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E. Schmidt
2:46 pm on Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Agreed. Ellisville is turning into a regional laboratory for bad government. Great Streets is turning into Great Boondoggle. How will the special tax for the special district be levied??? >>>Wildwood, Ellisville and Ballwin municipalities hope to form a "special purpose" taxing district with the sole purpose of executing improvements to the Manchester Road corridor. more ›