St. Louis plows over Forest Park site where Confederate monument stood

Confederate Drive in Forest Park, where a controversial Confederate monument once stood, has been plowed over, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported.

The monument is now gone, and the paved road surrounding the grassy area where it once stood has been torn up, according to the Post-Dispatch. Workers began plowing over the street Monday.

Koran Addo, spokesperson for St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson, told the Post-Dispatch the work is part of a Forest Park master plan and had nothing to do with the controversy over the monument.

The monument now sits in storage until the Missouri Civil War Museum can find a permanent location for it. It will not be placed anywhere else in St. Louis County.

This story was originally published August 22, 2017 at 6:06 PM with the headline "St. Louis plows over Forest Park site where Confederate monument stood."