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...
Today’s drive home could be chore for some Missourians, especially in the northern half of the state. A winter weather system this week dumped rain and snow in parts of the Show Me State. “The backside of the system that came through yesterday, it’ll be ending...
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...
Every office within a state agency is a potential target for a cyber-attack, including the Missouri Department of Transportation. Becky Allmeroth, chief safety and operations officer for MoDOT, said that includes any potential cyber-attacks during winter storms....
