General Road Construction in Moore

[Plutonic Panda]

Moore's development and population will soon max out. Unlike other cities, Moore does not have a lot of area to expand, they are surround by OKC to the North, East, West, and Norman to the South. Moore is just your typical suburban bedroom community. They will soon be no more room to add housing, big box retailers, etc. I believe Moore's population will cap out around 75,000, and development will come to a halt once south of 19th street is built up to Indian Hills Rd.

I thought that too, but Moore actually has a little bit more room to expand. Once it reaches critical mass, if the interest is still there, you will then see older, run down neighborhoods start to be torn down and new, higher density redevelopment take place.

[Bobby821]

I thought that too, but Moore actually has a little bit more room to expand. Once it reaches critical mass, if the interest is still there, you will then see older, run down neighborhoods start to be torn down and new, higher density redevelopment take place.

What area-areas of Moore have the older, run down neighborhoods you are referring to? Just curious.

[Plutonic Panda]

What area-areas of Moore have the older, run down neighborhoods you are referring to? Just curious.

I can't name any right off of memory, but I go through Moore quite often as I work right at I-240 and Shields and have passed by some areas that could use a little sprucing up. By that, I mean, complete redevelopment of the properties. I'll make note of them next time I pass through.

[Bobby821]

I can't name any right off of memory, but I go through Moore quite often as I work right at I-240 and Shields and have passed by some areas that could use a little sprucing up. By that, I mean, complete redevelopment of the properties. I'll make note of them next time I pass through.

Yeah, I was trying to think of some areas myself that's why I posed my question to you.

[Plutonic Panda]

Yeah, I was trying to think of some areas myself that's why I posed my question to you.

It's cool. I'm looking on maps right now to see where exactly I can think of. Overall, Moore is a very nice city, so I'm having to think.

I hope you didn't take my original comment in a way that would look like I was saying Moore is blighted and run down. That is not what I meant.

[Bobby821]

It's cool. I'm looking on maps right now to see where exactly I can think of. Overall, Moore is a very nice city, so I'm having to think.

I hope you didn't take my original comment in a way that would look like I was saying Moore is blighted and run down. That is not what I meant.

No, I agree there are some area that need rehabbing but mostly north of 12th street, I live in the area between NW 27th and 12th

[JesStang]

What area-areas of Moore have the older, run down neighborhoods you are referring to? Just curious.

Janeway. The further north you go.

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From Moore Monthly

Moore City Council Votes to Extend SW 11th Street to Plaza Towers Elementary

MOORE, Okla. - The Moore City Council voted unianimously Monday to begin a project that will extend southwest 11th Street to Plaza Towers Elementary School.

“After the tornado, when we began to look at that area," said Moore City Manager Steve Eddy. "We realized that we might have an opportunity to reimagine some of the area.”

Seventeen months ago, this typical neighborhood road was in the midst of one of the areas hit hardest by the May 20th tornado. Now surrounded by acts of recovery, southwest 11th Street in the neighborhood surrounding Plaza Towers Elementary is about a begin a recovery project of its own.

“We looked at it and realized that, some of the west neighborhood over around Penn Lane and west of the creek, you had to drive around or walk all the way around on the north side to get to school,” said Eddy. “A lot of kids still walk to school in that area, so we thought it would be important to both help that neighborhood recover quicker and to have more of a sense of neighborhood with the school being new in the area if we extended that roadway.”

It’s the first project to be funded by the second allocation of the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG-DR). Once complete, a bridge will stand over what is now a drainage creek giving citizens a direct route to get from Plaza Towers Elementary to Santa Fe Avenue. It will also provide children a safe method of getting to school.

“It will have sidewalks and walking trails all around there so that the children can walk over there safely and not have to walk through a creek or try to cross over the little rickety bridge that we had out there before,” said Eddy.

Now that the Moore City Council has approved the project, engineers will begin with the planning phase, which is expected to take two to three months. City officials hope that construction will begin in late December or early January.

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[Plutonic Panda]

MOORE, Okla.- The reconstruction of Broadway Street from Northwest 5th Street to Northwest 12th Street is just about complete.
“We are all but done," said City of Moore Assistant City Manager Stan Drake. "We are doing dirt work, leveling, and laying sod along the curb lines and the sidewalks. In all, that will probably take another 10 days to two weeks.”

The project was initially set to be complete around the start of the school year. However, Drake said that during the construction process a number of unexpected discoveries led to delays.

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19th and Broadway

MOORE, Okla.- A high profile project, the construction of the new Sam's Club is making quick progress. However, that soon won't be the only construction going on near the busy intersection of 19th Street and Broadway.

“We will start the reconstruction of 19th Street and Broadway, along with the onramp for northbound traffic onto I-35,” said Assistant City Manager Stan Drake.

Drake said that the City of Moore recently received the final engineering plans for the project, and construction crews will begin work on the intersection within the next two weeks.

“Basically what we are doing is moving traffic through that corridor faster than we are today," said Drake. "We are generating dual left turn lanes at the northbound, southbound and eastbound leg of North Broadway. Then, we are creating dual turn lanes for the eastbound traffic there on the east side of I-35 that are getting on the northbound on-ramp. So we will also have to widen the ramp there to two lanes. Then there is lane widening along that pathway from Broadway to the I-35 interchange.”

There have also been some construction changes regarding the location of the new Sam's Club gas station, originally set to be built on the southeast corner of the intersection.

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