Schoettler Road Gets $60,000 Study Toward Upgrades

Chesterfield City Council agreed to undertake a $60,000 study of potential fixes, upgrades, improvement and/or changes for Schoettler Road, a fairly well-used thoroughfare in the city which runs between Highway 40/64 and Clayton Road.

The city increased the cost of the study Monday, up from $25,000, for what they said was a more in-depth study.

Chesterfield's Public Works department described in documents how the road does not meet city standards for drainage, sidewalks, roadway geometry and alignment.

Chesterfield took over maintenance of Schoettler Road from St. Louis County a couple of years ago, officials said.

The study may look at right-of-way/easements and other factors that could play a role in other enhancements.

Officials said it needs a replacement bridge over Creve Coeur Creek. Officials said the surface of the road was good.

Schoettler (pronounced shet-ler) comes out on Clayton Road, near Town and Country's Crossings shopping center (Target store.)

Logan College of Chiropractic has two entrances on Schoettler Road. There are primarily subdivisions and a number of home driveways entering onto it.

A church is on the South Outer Forty end of Schoettler Road, and a traffic light at Clayton Road. On the other side of Clayton it becomes Henry Street, with a CVS pharmacy on the corner.

Some trustees of subdivisions on Schoettler Road have sought to discourage any widening of the road in the past.

The city had no luck in getting an $8-9,000 federal grant that would have helped with the cost of the study.