Forest Park May Pass On Adding More Park Land

On May 20th, St. Louis Department of Parks, Recreation and Forestry Director Gary Bess presented to the Forest Park Advisory Board the issue of restoring a MoDOT land parcel to Forest Park. The parcel in question is land made available by the removal of the cloverleaf interchange at Kingshighway as part of the New I-64 project. Although no formal vote was taken, the idea reportedly received little support.

MoDOT has offered not only the land that was once part of Forest Park, but also additional land made available by the I-64 project, adjacent to the original park boundary. Objections were said to generally be centered on maintenance costs. If the Parks Department ultimately decides not to accept the property, MoDOT will seek to sell it for development.