by Marshall Griffin | Sep 5, 2023 | Economy, News, Transportation
Public meetings are underway across the Interstate 70 corridor on the highway’s coming expansion to six lanes across Missouri. Eric Kopinski is project manager for the “Improve I-70” program. He told Missourinet affiliate Kaspar Radio that it’s still very much a work...
by Anthony Morabith | Aug 18, 2023 | Legislature, News, Politics / Govt, Transportation
Missouri is gearing up to share preliminary information on a project to widen I-70 to at least three lanes from the Kansas City to St. Louis areas. Public open house meetings will be held to share construction schedules for the 200-mile stretch of road and the next...
by [email protected] | Jul 13, 2023 | News, Show Me Today
Interstate 70 in Missouri will get its largest makeover in history. Governor Mike Parson has signed the new state operating budget with a $2.8 billion dollar plan to widen the interstate to at least three lanes statewide. Alisa Nelson talks to Morgan Mundell, with...
by Anthony Morabith | May 2, 2023 | Legislature, News, Transportation
Gov. Mike Parson says he supports the Missouri Senate’s proposed state budget changes including $2.8 billion to widen Interstate-70 to at least three lanes in both directions from Blue Springs near Kansas City to Wentzville near St. Louis. “We wanted to at least build...
by Alisa Nelson | Apr 26, 2023 | Economy, Education, Legislature, News
The Missouri Senate pulled an all-nighter and has passed a roughly $50 billion state budget proposal today. Here’s a list of some of the key items that survived in the latest version: •$3.6 billion in state aid to K-12 public schools •$2.8 billion to widen...