City to River: The Time to Influence Arch Grounds Design is Now

Over the past two weeks, the City to River organization has laid bare the choices in front of St. Louis for the Arch grounds redesign. They've examined the process, as it is, what the region's Transportation Improvement Program and $25M allocated to building more Interstate infrastructure at the Arch means for connectivity and highlighted a call to comment on the critical public scoping phase of the National Park Service environmental assessment.

Despite the lack of any communication from the CityArchRiver2015 Foundation, sponsor and organizer, of the design process, critical actions are being taken. If you support City to River's vision of a city truly connected to its riverfront, now is the time to say so. The NPS has quietly set up a comment web page and will accept public comments through August 30 (comment form here). The questions asked are offered without background and are rather vague. If you're curious as to where the project stands, read more at the City to River site, and check out the nextSTL story from the last public update.