CVS to Have Nominal Effect on Traffic, QuikTrip Representative Says
Alan Renner, QuikTrip real estate manager, said the only recommendations following an additional study are directed toward the MRH school crossing guard.
The soon-to-be-completed CVS Pharmacy, on the southeast corner of Manchester Road and Big Bend Boulevard, will have little effect on the amount of traffic at the intersection, said Alan Renner, real estate manager for QuikTrip in St. Louis. That is in light of a proposed relocation of the QuikTrip at 3010 South Big Bend Boulevard to the northwest corner of Manchester and Big Bend, upgrading to a “Generation 3” QuikTrip in the process. Traffic engineers at Crawford, Bunte, Brammeier (CBB), contracted by QuikTrip, made a traffic study not taking the CVS into account, and the city of Maplewood asked for an additional study to include that. A PDF file of the 15-page report is included with this article. Renner said the engineers knew that …
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Jeff Kiefer
9:23 am on Saturday, September 1, 2012
It understandable to have skepticism about a consultants views paid by qt. however I don't think they are lieing. The really feel that adding cvs is minimal impact and they may be right. But the big issue is how this affects Martini. And here is where the consultant stands on that...first they make no estimates for how many cars will travel north on Martini, second they say 1/3 of the trips will … more ›