State Sen. Cindy O’Laughlin, R-Shelbina, is voicing displeasure after the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission (MHTC) unanimously chose Ed Hassinger to be the new director for the Missouri Department of Transportation. “We have bureaucrats running...
Missouri still has a shortage of snowplow and salt truck drivers to clear the roads this winter. Despite that, state Department of Transportation Director Ed Hassinger said the agency is ready for winter. “Certainly, we still have that deficit in drivers for our...
After a four-month national search for a new Missouri Department of Transportation director, a home-grown talent will lead the agency. The state Highways and Transportation Commission has unanimously chosen interim director Ed Hassinger to serve as the head of MoDOT....
Missouri needs more snowplow drivers. Darin Hamelink, State Maintenance Director for the Missouri Department of Transportation, said the agency is several hundred employees short of having enough drivers to fill two 12-hour shifts. The shortage of winter operations...
Winter is coming, and MoDOT is prepping. The Missouri Department of Transportation is holding a winter weather drill Thursday all across the Snow-Me State. Daren Hamelink, State Maintenance Director, said MoDOT snowplows will be out and about as people are driving to...
