Public invited to attend meeting for Lower Missouri Jefferson City spin-off study

Kansas City District
Published Feb. 20, 2024
Col. Travis Rayfield, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District commander (right), and Dru Buntin, Missouri Department of Natural Resources director (left), partnered to sign a Feasibility Cost Share Agreement for a feasibility study on the area around river mile 142 with Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe (middle) as their witness, on Nov. 28, 2022, in Jefferson City Missouri. | Photo by Andrew Richmond, Missouri Department of Natural Resources

Col. Travis Rayfield, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District commander (right), and Dru Buntin, Missouri Department of Natural Resources director (left), partnered to sign a Feasibility Cost Share Agreement for a feasibility study on the area around river mile 142 with Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe (middle) as their witness, on Nov. 28, 2022, in Jefferson City Missouri. | Photo by Andrew Richmond, Missouri Department of Natural Resources

Col. Travis Rayfield, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District commander, speaks during a ceremony to sign a Feasibility Cost Share Agreement for a feasibility study on the area around river mile 142, on Nov. 28, 2022, in Jefferson City Missouri. | Photo by Andrew Richmond, Missouri Department of Natural Resources

Col. Travis Rayfield, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District commander, speaks during a ceremony to sign a Feasibility Cost Share Agreement for a feasibility study on the area around river mile 142, on Nov. 28, 2022, in Jefferson City Missouri. | Photo by Andrew Richmond, Missouri Department of Natural Resources

Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe speaks during a signing ceremony for a Feasibility Cost Share Agreement for a feasibility study on the area around river mile 142, on Nov. 28, 2022, in Jefferson City Missouri. | Photo by Reagan Zimmerman, Kansas City District Public Affairs

Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe speaks during a signing ceremony for a Feasibility Cost Share Agreement for a feasibility study on the area around river mile 142, on Nov. 28, 2022, in Jefferson City Missouri. | Photo by Reagan Zimmerman, Kansas City District Public Affairs

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District, and the State of Missouri partnered to sign a Feasibility Cost Share Agreement for a feasibility study on the area around river mile 142, on Nov. 28, 2022, in Jefferson City Missouri. | Photo by Reagan Zimmerman, Kansas City District Public Affairs

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District, and the State of Missouri partnered to sign a Feasibility Cost Share Agreement for a feasibility study on the area around river mile 142, on Nov. 28, 2022, in Jefferson City Missouri. | Photo by Reagan Zimmerman, Kansas City District Public Affairs

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District, and the State of Missouri partnered to sign a Feasibility Cost Share Agreement for a feasibility study on the area around river mile 142, on Nov. 28, 2022, in Jefferson City Missouri. | Photo by Reagan Zimmerman, Kansas City District Public Affairs

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District, and the State of Missouri partnered to sign a Feasibility Cost Share Agreement for a feasibility study on the area around river mile 142, on Nov. 28, 2022, in Jefferson City Missouri. | Photo by Reagan Zimmerman, Kansas City District Public Affairs

Officials will hold a public meeting for the Lower Missouri Jefferson City spin-off study on February 26, 2024, in Jefferson City, Missouri.

The meeting, which will be held by the Kansas City District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, will provide an overview of the study, a status update and an open discussion. This is an opportunity for the public to ask questions and provide input regarding the Lower Missouri Jefferson City spin-off study.

The purpose of the study is to identify causes and impacts of recurring flooding along the Capital View Levee and the unconstructed, but authorized, Missouri River Levee System L-142 project near Jefferson City, Missouri, in Callaway County. The study area includes the north or left bank of the Missouri River at Jefferson, City, Missouri, vicinity mile marker 142.

Meeting information is below:

February 26, 2024

Doors open at 4:45 p.m., meeting is from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Lewis and Clark State Office Building, 1101 Riverside Drive, Jefferson City, Missouri (in LaCharrette/Nightingale Conference rooms on the bottom level of the building)

For more information about the Lower Missouri Jefferson City spin-off study, visit Jefferson City, MO / L142 (army.mil)


Release no. 24-005