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Monarch Levee Trail

Monday, February 25, 2013

Chesterfield Monarch Levee Trail Closing at Boone Bridge Starting March 11

The closure only applies to the portion of the trail adjacent to and underneath I-64.

The following information was provided by the Missouri Department of Transportation. The Monarch Levee Trail in Chesterfield Valley will be closed under the I-64 Daniel Boone Missouri River Bridge beginning Monday, March 11 until construction on the bridge is complete in late 2015. The trail, which runs the length of Chesterfield Valley, will be open except for the piece adjacent to and underneath I-64, approximately 1,000 feet either side of the bridge. The trail must be closed for safety reasons due to the construction work of the bridge. Once the trail closes on March 11, trail users will see warning signs at the trail parking lots and on the trail itself. Construction of the new I-64 Daniel Boone Bridge began in January 2013. The new …

Thursday, October 25, 2012

Chesterfield Accepts Donation of 180 acres for Future Park

The land is located north of the Monarch Levee Trail and is planned to be a wetlands "nature preserve."

Twelve years of planning will finally soon come to fruition when the city of Chesterfield opens a 180-acre wetlands "nature preserve" on the north side of the Monarch Levee Trail.  The land was previously owned by the Monarch Levee District and is located near Boone's Crossing in a parcel of land north of the main levee and south of the agriculture levee. At a meeting Oct. 15, the Chesterfield City Council accepted the donation of the wetlands from the levee district.  Chesterfield Planning and Public Works Director Mike Geisel said the plan is to incorporate the property into the city's parks program.  "There is a nice big lake and a couple of boardwalks, lots of deer," he said. "It will be a nature preserve more than anything else. The …

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