by [email protected] | Mar 7, 2024 | News, Show Me Today, Transportation
While I-70 received a 2.8 billion dollar expansion, many legislators thought Missouri’s longest interstate, I-44, needed the funding more. MoDOT Director Patrick McKenna joins Marshall Griffin to discuss 44’s next steps.
by Anthony Morabith | Jan 26, 2024 | Legislature, News, Transportation
Missouri has received a federal grant of $92 million to improve Interstate 70. This news comes as the state legislature provides $2.8 billion for the Improve I-70 project. MoDOT Director Patrick McKenna said the state plans to use the grant for specific projects along...
by Marshall Griffin | Jan 7, 2024 | News, Transportation
The Missouri Department of Transportation is still grappling with a worker shortage. On a positive note, Director Patrick McKenna told Missourinet he feels like MoDOT has already hit bottom and has since stabilized. “What we see right now – and this is huge...
by Anthony Morabith | Dec 28, 2023 | News, Politics / Govt, Transportation
The Missouri Department of Transportation wants state funding to expand its Amtrak service, despite losing money on its statewide route from Kansas City to St. Louis. The state has received $1 million in federal funding to help expand two proposed corridors – Hannibal...
by Marshall Griffin | Nov 1, 2023 | News, Transportation, Weather
The Missouri Department of Transportation continues battling staffing shortages as winter approaches. MoDOT Director Patrick McKenna told Missourinet affiliate KFRU in Columbia that the agency will have its hands full if this winter is severe or if there’s a big...