Osage Beach Aldermen Consider New Expressway Signage

The Osage Beach Board of Aldermen will meet in special session tomorrow night (Thursday). They’ll consider six options for new signage along the Expressway. City officials, owners of businesses along Osage Beach Parkway and visitors to the Lake have been have asking MoDOT for months to consider changing the signage … especially west of the Grand Glaize Bridge, where businesses have seen declining revenues since the Expressway opened almost a year ago.

The options are:

Scenario A – To change signs throughout the entire length of Osage Beach:
Option 1: To replace Business 54 on all signs that currently say Osage Beach Parkway – cost $47,000.
Option 2: To add Business 54 to all signs so both Osage Beach Parkway and Business 54 are on each sign – cost $251,000. The cost includes $55,000 for new signs, $124,000 for two new trusses and $72,000 for three new cantilever trusses.

Scenario B – Name changes north/east of Grand Glaize Bridge only:
Option 1: To replace Business 54 on all signs that currently say Osage Beach Parkway – cost $31,000.
Option 2: To add Business 54 to all signs so both Osage Beach Parkway and Business 54 are on each sign – cost $85,000. The cost includes $37,000 for new signs and $48,000 for two new cantilever trusses.

Scenario C – Name changes south/west of the Grand Glaize Bridge only:
Option 1: To replace Business 54 on all signs that currently say Osage Beach Parkway – cost $16,000
Option 2: To add Business 54 to all signs so both Osage Beach Parkway and Business 54 are on each sign – cost $43,000. The cost includes $19,000 for signs and $24,000 for one new cantilever truss.