ST. LOUIS — The deadline for a survey to decide how St. Louis allocates its Rams settlement money is Friday, Feb. 2.
City residents can choose a variety of different projects they believe the $250 million should be put towards through participation in the survey. Click here to cast your vote.
As of Thursday afternoon, only 9,049 of St. Louis' nearly 300,000 residents have participated in the survey, according to the city's website.
The project options include:
- Support the Northside-Southside Jefferson Avenue Expansion of Metrolink
- Traffic Calming and Pedestrian-Friendly Street Design
- Increase Wages or Salaries for City Employees
- Free or Municipally Subsidized Child Care for Residents
- Establish a grant program for small businesses to locate Downtown
- Protected Bike Lanes and Bike Network
- Establish a Grant Writing Office
- Before- and After-School Care
- Hire dedicated code enforcement officers for vacant properties
- Establish a Revolving Redevelopment Loan Fund
- Renovate the River Intake Towers at Chain of Rocks Water Treatment Plant
- Fund construction of new public school buildings
- Rehabilitation of Water Treatment Plants
- Improve downtown street & sidewalk infrastructure
- Replacement of Water Mains
- Youth Driver’s Education Programming
- Improve existing or build new youth recreation centers
- Free or Subsidized Daycare for City Workers
- Support real estate development in Downtown and/or near North St. Louis
- Support Bus Rapid Transit
The Board of Aldermen previously told 5 on Your Side the survey results will provide data on residents’ priorities and will serve as a guide to the aldermen as they make their decisions on how to allocate funding.
A post on the survey site reads in part, "The settlement money is meant to help the economy grow, encourage more people to live in the city, and make life better for the people who live here."
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