In Saint Louis County, the median household income for a family of four is $55,000. These loans are limited to a maximum of $5,000 and are available to income-eligible Brentwood residents. Interested residents should contact the St. Louis County Government home improvement program office to make an application:
South County Office
4546 Lemay Ferry Road
St. Louis, MO 63129
(314) 615-4025
This program is only available to owner-occupants. Applicants must be current on their real estate taxes.

The BBQ will be held on Saturday June 14, 2008 from 11:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. at the Brentwood Fire Department located at 2348 South Brentwood Blvd. The menu choices include pork steaks, hamburgers and hot dogs. All proceeds to benefit Backstoppers. For more information, call 314.644.7100.

From 9 p.m. to 5:30 a.m., Clayton Road will have one lane closed in each direction between Warson Road and I-64.
From 10 p.m. to 5:30 a.m., Clayton Road will be closed at I-64.

Tuesday, May 13
From 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., Lindbergh Boulevard will have one lane closed in each direction at I-64.
From 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., expect various lane and ramp closures at Hampton Avenue and I-64.
From 6:30 p.m. to 5:30 a.m., all entrance and exit ramps at I-64 and McCausland Avenue will be closed.
From 6:30 p.m. to 5:30 a.m., McCausland Avenue will have one lane closed in each direction at the I-64 ramps. Traffic signals will be placed on flash.
From 9 p.m. to 5:30 a.m., Clayton Road will have one lane closed in each direction between Warson Road and I-64.

Wednesday, May 14
From 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., expect various lane and ramp closures at Hampton Avenue and I-64.
From 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., one lane of westbound I-64 will be closed at Sarah Street.
From 6:30 p.m. to 5:30 a.m., all entrance and exit ramps at I-64 and McCausland Avenue will be closed.
From 6:30 p.m. to 5:30 a.m., McCausland Avenue will have one lane closed in each direction at the I-64 ramps. Traffic signals will be placed on flash.
From 9 p.m. to 5:30 a.m., Clayton Road will have one lane closed in each direction between Warson Road and I-64.

Thursday, May 15
From 6:30 p.m. to 5:30 a.m., all entrance and exit ramps at I-64 and McCausland Avenue will be closed.
From 6:30 p.m. to 5:30 a.m., McCausland Avenue will have one lane closed in each direction at the I-64 ramps. Traffic signals will be placed on flash.
From 9 p.m. to 5:30 a.m., Clayton Road will have one lane closed in each direction between Warson Road and I-64.
From 10 p.m. to 5:30 a.m., Clayton Road will be closed at I-64.

Friday, May 16
From 6:30 p.m. to 5:30 a.m., all entrance and exit ramps at I-64 and McCausland Avenue will be closed.
From 6:30 p.m. to 5:30 a.m., McCausland Avenue will have one lane closed in each direction at the I-64 ramps. Traffic signals will be placed on flash.
At 9 p.m., two lanes of southbound Brentwood Boulevard will be closed at I-64.
At 9 p.m., one lane of northbound Brentwood Boulevard will be closed from Wrenwood Lane to Eager Road. By 10 p.m., there will be two lanes closed.
At 9 p.m., one lane of each of the turn lanes from Eager Road to northbound Brentwood Boulevard will be closed.
At 9 p.m., the ramp from southbound I-170 to eastbound Eager Road will be closed.
At 10 p.m., Brentwood Boulevard will be closed at I-64. This closure will last until approximately 5:30 a.m. on Monday, May 19.

Saturday, May 17
Brentwood Boulevard will be closed at I-64. This closure will last until approximately 5:30 a.m. on Monday, May 19.

Sunday, May 18
Brentwood Boulevard will be closed at I-64. This closure will last until approximately 5:30 a.m. on Monday, May 19.

I-64 Regional Traffic - Fourth Month Review

ST. LOUIS - Traffic continues to flow well around the St. Louis region for the fourth month after the closure of five miles of Interstate 64 from Interstate 270 to Interstate 170 on January 2. MoDOT and local officials are concerned that motorist patterns continue to shift back to pre-closure two-hour morning and evening rush periods. "One of our continuing problem spots has been the ramp from southbound I-270 to westbound I-64. It has significant backups in both morning and evening rush," said Lesley Hoffarth, MoDOT's I-64 project director. "Despite message boards and striping, motorists continue to brake, switch lanes or just hesitate as they drive this ramp and that backs up the ramp. We will be restriping both the northbound I-270 and southbound I-270 ramps to westbound I-64 to make more room on the southbound ramp."

MoDOT and Gateway Constructors traffic engineers have been reviewing the I-270 and I-64 interchange since the closure. The traffic patterns show the ramps have a similar amount of traffic using them. The northbound ramp will be restriped so it is only one lane. The southbound ramp can then be restriped to move it off the shoulder and away from the guardrail. The restriping work will be completed later this month.

Another change in operation involves allowing work on the other regional roads. In January, MoDOT, St. Louis County and City restricted work from I-270 in to downtown to nighttime hours. On April 1, the agencies decided to create a core area to continue these restrictions and allow daytime work in other areas. The core area is bounded by I-270 on the west, Page Avenue on the North, the city limit of St. Louis on the east and I-44 on the south. Motorists can expect to see daytime work on the roads outside this core area. Daytime work during the month of April did not result in any major impacts to traffic.

With the start of St. Louis Cardinal baseball season, MoDOT's 511 Traffic Information Line and the Gateway Guide traffic website are being heavily used on ballgame days. Ticket holders are encouraged to take Metro to the ballpark or to check 511 or www.gatewayguide.com for current traffic conditions.
Here are the major observations from the month of April:
• The peak time during the rush continues to be 7-8 a.m. and 5-6 p.m., just like before the closure. Avoiding these peak morning and evening hours will improve travel times.
• St. Louis County reports volumes have doubled on Clayton Road and nearly doubled on Ladue Road compared to before the closure.
• Metro's quarterly statistics for the period of January through March show a significant increase in ridership. MetroBus was up more than 4% over the previous year, and MetroLink saw a 15.6% increase during the quarter. Those gains resulted in a system-wide average increase of 8.6% for Metro's combined bus, rail and Call-A-Ride van transit system. System-wide Metro transported more than 13.6 million riders during the first quarter of calendar year 2008. That was more than one million more boardings than the same period in 2007. The largest gain, 23.9%, was seen on MetroLink during the month of March.

MoDOT and its transportation partners will continue to monitor the roads on a daily basis and provide updates on the web twice a month including a monthly summary. For more information on the I-64 project and to stay updated on the construction schedule, visit www.thenewi64.org.
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Travelers can get up-to-the-minute traffic information on interstates or major state routes by dialing 5-1-1 from most cell phones; if 5-1-1 isn't available from your carrier, please dial 877-478-5511 (877-4STL-511). Travelers may also route their trips around any ramp, bridge or road closures by using the MoDOT "Map My Trip" tool at http://dist6.modot.mo.gov/mapmytrip/.

I-64 Construction Activities At A Glance- May 2008
• At Spoede Road, soundwall foundations are being drilled and poured all along the north outer road. Soundwall posts and panels will be placed later in the summer.
• Also at Spoede, earthwork is about to begin on the roundabouts that will control access to and from I-64 and the outer roads. A temporary detour route will be created and access to the outer roads will be possible only from the north side of the bridge. The Spoede Road bridge demolition is being considered for the end of May.
• The first half of the Lindbergh Boulevard bridge deck will be poured Friday, May 2.
• At Clayton/Warson the first pier cap for the new bridge has been poured and others are under construction. Excavation for the west abutment begins the first week of May, while construction of the east abutment is well underway. A total of 90 concrete girders will be set for that structure beginning at the end of May.
• The McKnight Road bridge deck is scheduled to be poured the first week of May. Weather permitting the bridge could be open as soon as the end of the month. As soon as McKnight opens the McCutcheon Road bridge will close for demolition.
• At Brentwood Boulevard the girders and deck panels are in place and deck rebar is being installed. The bridge deck is scheduled to be poured the third week of May. A full weekend closure of Brentwood is scheduled for the weekend of May 16-19 so that girders can be spliced for the east-to-north flyover ramp linking I-64 to I-170.
• Final bridge construction is being completed at Boland Place and Highland Terrace. Highland Terrace should be reopened to traffic by the end of May with Boland shortly afterward.
• The bridge deck for the Kingshighway Boulevard interchange is finished, and during the month of May crews will work on the approaches, barrier, bridge monuments, tie-ins with the roadway, some utility work, and sidewalks.
• Excavation for the three bridges over I-170 will begin about the third week of May. The three bridges will carry I-64 mainline traffic as well as drivers going to and from Brentwood and Hanley Roads.
• Setting bridge girders is scheduled to begin the last week of May at Clayton/Warson.
These activities are subject to change due to weather, equipment breakdowns, or other unforeseen circumstances. For the most up-to-date project information, please visit www.thenewi64.org. Any scheduling updates will be posted there first.