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....
In 2023, 991 people died in Missouri traffic crashes. During a Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission hearing last week, Chairman Dustin Boatwright said the state hopes to finish the year with a decline in traffic deaths. “Traffic fatalities in Missouri are...
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...
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,...
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,...
