New Callaway Connector hearing set

New road would connect U.S. 54 with nuclear plant

The Missouri Department of Transportation will have a public hearing on Jan. 15 in Fulton on a proposed new $32.8 million state road between the Ameren Missouri nuclear plant facility and U.S. 54.

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Michael Cook and Emily McMath

The proposed new Callaway County Connector roadway would begin about 100 feet north of the Route H intersection with U.S. 54 just south of Fulton and extend east to the nuclear plant.

The MoDOT open house to discuss the project with interested citizens will be from 4 to 7 p.m. on Jan. 15 at the Callaway County Public Library, 710 Court St.

To help the tornado-stricken people of Dumas and surroundings, donations can be made to the Delta Area Disaster Relief Fund, care of the Delta Area Community Foundation, P.O. Box 894, Dumas, AR, 71639, or through the Arkansas Community Foundation, 700 S. Rock St., Little Rock, AR, 72202.