Missouri Department of Transportation Director Pete Rahn told the Highway Commission today the department will drastically cut costs while trying to roads and bridges in good condition. He says improvements will happen has funding becomes available for construction.
Pete Rahn
He says MoDOT will cut 400 salaried positions — no layoffs will be implemented — to save about $203 million over the next five years.
Rahn points to declining state revenues, Congress sitting on the fence on authorizing federal funding, increases in health care and other employee benefits, and, the end of Amendment 3 bonds — something everyone’s seen coming down the pike for the past several years.
Rahn told the commission this new five year plan focuses on keeping the existing transportation system in good shape. And he says the department hopes to meet the current five-year Statewide Transportation Improvement Program goals in place — and meet them.
