by Marshall Griffin | Apr 17, 2024 | News, Transportation
Public hearings are now set for the first construction projects that are part of the effort to expand Interstate 70 to six lanes across Missouri. This particular phase will expand I-70 to six lanes between Columbia and Kingdom City, along with improvements to the...
by Marshall Griffin | Apr 3, 2024 | News, Politics / Govt, Transportation
One member of the Missouri House hopes the Senate takes efforts to improve Interstate 44 seriously. A small section of Missouri’s longest interstate runs though the district of State Rep. Don Mayhew, R-Crocker. He said that stretch of I-44 has some critical needs....
by Bill Pollock | Mar 28, 2024 | News, Show Me Today
Following the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, how safe are bridges over the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers? MoDOT Assistant Chief Engineer Eric Schroeter joined Show Me Today to explain that not only are bridges designed for barge collisions...
by Marshall Griffin | Mar 12, 2024 | News, Politics / Govt, Transportation
Interstate highways 70 and 44 aren’t the only limited access freeways in Missouri that need upgrades. Patrick McKenna, director of the Missouri Department of Transportation, said there are multiple needs along all the interstates that pass through the Show-Me State...
by [email protected] | Mar 7, 2024 | News, Show Me Today, Transportation
While I-70 received a 2.8 billion dollar expansion, many legislators thought Missouri’s longest interstate, I-44, needed the funding more. MoDOT Director Patrick McKenna joins Marshall Griffin to discuss 44’s next steps.