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...
by Missourinet Contributor | Feb 5, 2013 | News, Transportation
Senators Mike Kehoe (R-Jefferson City) and Ryan McKenna (D-Crystal City) have introduced a bill that’s dedicated to benefitting statewide transportation needs. The bill would create a temporary, 10-year, one-cent sales tax that would generate nearly $8...
by Missourinet Contributor | Jan 25, 2013 | News, Transportation
A major funding proposal by the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission has been unveiled. Commission chairman Rudy Farber says he hopes the proposal will address the funding issues that he calls “very real and current.” The basis of the funding...