• 29
  • September
    2011

A release by Kansas City police states that among the city's top 20 crash sites, two were located on the Highway 152 corridor. The task force also proposed solutions to prevent the high number of car accidents along Highway 152.

The intersection of Highway 152 and Flintlock had more crashes in Kansas City than any other location. The intersection that ranked third was 152 and Church Road. A majority of the motor vehicle accidents were rear-end collisions, where people failed to slow down enough when coming into controlled intersections from highways. Generally accidents occurred between noon and 8:00 pm.

The task force was organized by the Kansas City police and was comprised of citizens, Missouri Department of Transportation representatives and business representatives. The task force determined the best potential solution involves diverting some of the 30,000 vehicles that travel the corridor each day to other routes.

The Flinlock flyover, would be an overpass going south on Flintlock Road, crossing over I-35 and linking to Pleasant Valley. This would divert 7,500 of the current 30,000 vehicles that travel the corridor each day.

Other possibilities include making improvements to the Highway 291/I-35 interchange and current I-35 overpass, reworking the lanes, reducing speed limits or adding rumble strips.

Hopefully the steps taken to improve the accident-prone intersections will result in safer roads and fewer car accidents, especially considering over 100 school buses drive through those areas each school day.

Source: NBCactionnews.com, Task force offers ways to reduce wrecks on accident-prone stretch of Northland highway, Christina Medina, 27 September 2011