Light Rail Public Input Meetings Throughout City
The Kansas City Area Transportation Authority (KCATA) and the City of Kansas City, Mo., will host a series of public meetings to gather input on implementing light rail.
Each meeting will cover designated topics. The meetings on each topic will be held in multiple locations. The topics and corresponding meetings are:
- Meeting #1 - Orientation & Goals
- Meeting #2 - Street Alignment, Station Location and Economic Development
- Meeting #3 - Street Alignment, Station Location and Economic Development
- Meeting #4 - Report out & Discussion
Although the meetings are evenly divided among geographic areas, citizens are welcome at any area meetings. The entire proposed light rail route will be discussed at all meetings.
| Location | Meeting 1
Orientation & Goals | Meeting 2
Street Alignment, Station Location & Economic Development | Meeting 3
Street Alignment, Station Location & Economic Development | Meeting 4
Report-out |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northland | March 25
5:30-7:30 pm Northgate Middle School 2117 NE 48th | April 15
5:30-7:30 pm KC North Comm. Ctr. 3930 NE Antioch | April 22
5:30-7:30 pm KC North Comm. Ctr. 3930 NE Antioch | May 6
5:30-7:30 pm KC North Comm. Ctr. 3930 NE Antioch |
| East Side | March 24
6-8 pm Mohart Multi-Purp. Ctr. 3200 Wayne | April 7
6-8 pm Gates Headquarters 4621 Paseo | April 21
6-8 pm Brush Creek Comm. Ctr. 3801 Brush Creek Blvd. | May 5
6-8 pm Gates Headquarters 4621 Paseo |
| Downtown | March 5
5:30-7:30 pm Town Pavilion 1100 Walnut, 4 th Floor | March 26
5:30-7:30 pm KC Design Center 1018 Baltimore | April 9
5:30-7:30 pm Scarritt Building 818 Grand Blvd. | April 23
5:30-7:30 pm Scarritt Building 818 Grand Blvd. |
| Midtown | March 27
5:30-7:30 pm St. Paul’s Episcopal 11 E. 40th | April 10
5:30-7:30 pm St. Paul’s Episcopal 11 E. 40th | April 24
5:30-7:30 pm MainCor 3215 Main, Suite 200 | May 8
5:30-7:30 pm St. Paul’s Episcopal 11 E. 40th |
| Citywide
Meeting | May 13 Ruskin High School Gymnasium, 7000 E 111th St., Kansas City, MO 64134
May 14 Midwest Baptist Seminary, 701 Ne Vivion Rd, Kansas City, MO 64118 Discuss citywide connections. | |||
Follow-up meetings will be held in August to provide a summary of conclusions from the technical and environmental evaluation, and to obtain further community input.
For more information, visit the light rail section of kcata.org.
A flyer of meeting times is available in PDF format.
