Capitol renovations cost millions

Construction work is everywhere you look at the state capitol right now. Randy Allen, the director of the state division of design and construction, says they’re re-lighting and re-painting many of the hallways inside. That and new bathrooms and senate hearing rooms will eventually cost $15 million. Several years of exterior stone work finished just days before Governor Carnahan’s funeral–that cost $3 million. Crews are also replacing the capitol’s entire heating system over the next couple of years at a pricetag of several million dollars. Allen says it’s important to maintain the seat of Missouri government and the workplace for several hundred state employees.