by Marshall Griffin | Dec 18, 2023 | News, Transportation
Missouri has set aside $2.8 billion to expand Interstate 70 to six lanes across the state, from Kansas City to St. Louis. But none of that money is coming from the federal infrastructure law signed by President Biden two years ago. Patrick McKenna, Director of the...
by admin | Jun 25, 2020 | News, Transportation
More than 100 bridges in Missouri’s $350 million bridge bonding plan are now under contract, and 13 have already been completed. State Department of Transportation (MoDOT) Director Patrick McKenna briefed Capitol reporters about the bonding plan’s status,...
by Mike Lear | Jul 11, 2014 | News, Transportation
Transportation Department employees, like other state employees, will not be getting a raise because of actions taken by Governor Jay Nixon (D) with the budget. One of the items Governor Nixon has put a halt on funding in the new budget is a one-percent,...
by Mike Lear | Jul 10, 2014 | News, Transportation
Now that the Highways and Transportation Commission has approved a final project list for the Amendment 7 ballot issue, it’s not going to totally step away from the issue. “We’re not part of a campaign. That’s left to other people,” says...
by Mike Lear | Jul 9, 2014 | News, Transportation
The State Highways and Transportation Commission has approved a proposed project list for Amendment 7 on the August ballot, which proposes raising the sales tax three-quarters of one percent to pay for transportation projects over ten years. The 800 projects on the...
