http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/824858.html (http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/824858.html)
I don't see a problem with protecting the corridor and waiting a few more years before starting further studies, other than the route being needed by the time it would get through the courts if the studies started now.
Another article, this one about the slow planning process frustrating residents in the protected corridor:
http://www.bnd.com/2011/02/06/1580569/residents-living-in-the-path-of.html#disqus_thread (http://www.bnd.com/2011/02/06/1580569/residents-living-in-the-path-of.html#disqus_thread)
I would enjoy seeing the Gateway Connector be built. It would provide quick access from I-55/70 at the US 40 interchange to I-255 at the Jefferson Barracks Bridge.
Cool necro, bro.