WENTZVILLE — Ameren Missouri’s plans to build a 66-acre training complex here were approved Wednesday following lengthy discussion about unfinished sewer and traffic impact studies.
The training complex, which Ameren officials say will draw thousands of utility workers each year, will be built near the intersection of Josephville and Mexico roads on the city’s northside, near the General Motors plant.
City leaders said Wednesday the Ameren training facility will connect into a sewer lift station already at capacity and has, at times, allowed sewage to flood into the basement of nearby homeowners.
A study of the sewer system is expected within the month and any improvements would likely be completed before the Ameren Training Facility welcomes its first trainees in December 2027.
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Preliminary results of a traffic study are expected to be released next week, analyzing how traffic flow would be impacted by the estimated 150 to 200 people training at the complex each weekday.
Ameren officials said the project is not being paid for by the $355 million rate increase that was approved by the Missouri Public Service Commission on Wednesday. Ameren told Wentzville officials the rate increase, which is expected to cost residential customers about $14 per month, is being used to pay for Ameren improvements already “in service.â€
Ameren has not said how much this new training facility will cost. Construction is set to begin next April.
