Congressman Cleaver, Local Leaders Celebrate Front Street Improvements

Today, local leaders will announce a $4.3 million Front Street improvement project, which will create Kansas City’s greenest roadway, including LED street lighting, sustainable storm-water infrastructure, and a designated bicycle trail that connects to the Riverfront Heritage Trail. It will greatly contributes to Kansas City’s Downtown Riverfront Redevelopment.

“I am proud to join Kansas City Mayor Sly James, First District Councilman Scott Wagner, Port Authority of Kansas City President Michael Collins, and Kansas City Parks and Recreation Director Mark McHenry here today,” said Congressman Emanuel Cleaver, II.

“As the major east-west connection into and through Kansas City’s Northeast Industrial District (NEID), all of us are familiar with Front Street. And all of us are familiar with the traffic, the trucks, and the congestion that come with it. With the announcement of $4.3 million dollars in investment, Front Street is about to become more environmentally friendly, more pedestrian friendly, and more sustainable. I am proud to have helped secure Federal funding to make Front Street the greenest road in the region.”

This project is funded in part with ARRA/EECBG funds from the US Department of Transportation and by the City of Kansas City.

Emanuel Cleaver, II is the U.S. Representative for Missouri’s Fifth Congressional District, which includes Kansas City, Independence, Lee's Summit, Raytown, Grandview, Sugar Creek, Belton, Raymore and Peculiar, Missouri. He is a member of the exclusive House Financial Services Committee. Congressman Cleaver also serves as a Senior Whip of the Democratic Caucus and Chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus.