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...
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...
Missouri is on track to experience a decline in traffic and motorcyclist deaths this year. As for pedestrian deaths, those have spiked in the Show Me state. Jon Nelson, MoDOT’s highway and traffic engineer, said three-quarters of the way through the year, the number...
