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Roadbuilding

Thirty-year Missouri DOT worker killed during bridge maintenance work

Missouri Department of Transportation employee Lyndon D. Ebker, 55, was struck and killed by a vehicle Thursday while flushing bridges on eastbound Route 100 near Buchheit Road on the outskirts of St. Louis. According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Ebker’s crew posted signage identifying the work and parked a dump truck fitted with an attenuator […]

April 7, 2016

Roadbuilding

Missouri DOT launches speedy pothole plan aiming for next business day repairs

The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) has launched an “enhanced pothole repair initiative” for March aimed at repairing an asphalt pothole “as quickly as possible of it being reported.” “We want to get asphalt in the hole as quickly as possible. If you report it in the morning, our goal is to repair it before […]

March 10, 2016

Roadbuilding

Missouri DOT online calculator breaks down drivers’ fuel tax and where money is spent

The Missouri Department of Transportation’s (MoDOT) Transportation Dollar$ online calculator can provide residents details on how much they’re paying in motor fuel taxes and where in the transportation system the money is being sent. The application can also show how much a gas tax increase would cost them. “I think people will be surprised at […]

February 26, 2016

Roadbuilding

FHWA provides Missouri $1 million in emergency relief funds for roads and bridges damaged by floods

The Federal Highway Administration is providing the Missouri Department of Transportation $1 million in emergency relief funds for bridge and road repairs damaged following heaving flooding in December. “Missouri should know that the funds provided today are only an initial installment toward completing all the necessary repairs in the state as the result of this […]

January 12, 2016

Roadbuilding

MoDOT worker seriously injured in head-on crash with wrong-way driver

A Missouri Department of Transportation worker was struck over the weekend by a wrong-way driver on an interstate highway. According to the Kansas City Star, Alfred Battle, a night supervisor for MoDOT, was leaving a work zone where a crew of workers cleaning the media barrier on Interstate 70 when another vehicle hit his truck […]

December 22, 2015

Roadbuilding

Missouri DOT annual chili event raises Christmas funds for needy children

The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) has planned its annual chili dinner fundraiser for the Christmas Angels program to raise funds for needy children in southeast Missouri. Volunteers purchase gifts for the children using the funds raised. Current MoDOT employees and retirees will cook, pack and deliver chili for the event, which is scheduled for […]

November 23, 2015

Roadbuilding

McKenna named new Missouri DOT director

The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission (MHTC) has named Patrick McKenna as the new director of the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT), replacing Roberta Broeker who served as interim director since April. “I am excited and honored to take on the director’s position at MoDOT,” McKenna said. “Missouri faces a lot of transportation challenges, but […]

November 8, 2015

Roadbuilding

Statewide drill will test Missouri DOT’s “winter battle plan” readiness

The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) today is testing its winter weather readiness with a statewide drill that simulates a forecast for “significant snow” across the state. “Over 3,500 MoDOT employees are involved in our winter operations, including every maintenance crew across the state,” said State Maintenance Engineer Becky Allmeroth. “The annual drill helps to […]

November 3, 2015

Roadbuilding

USDOT provides $1 million in emergency relief for Missouri flood-damaged roads and bridges

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has released $1 million in emergency relief funds to the Missouri Department of Transportation for bridge and road repair following recent flooding damage across the state. “We now how difficult it is to carry out a daily routine when travel links are broken,” FHWA Administrator Gregory […]

October 14, 2015

Roadbuilding

One year without crashes at dangerous Missouri intersection after DOT installed J-Turns

The intersection of Routes 50 and 58 in Centerview was the regular site of crashes near a local high school until the Missouri Department of Transportation decided to try something somewhat new. The intersection has yet to see a crash since the new J-turns were installed, MoDOT announced in a press release. The Centerview residents were […]

September 14, 2015

Roadbuilding

With state’s bridges in “critical need of attention,” Missouri DOT approved for $100 million in extra funding

The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission (MHTC) has approved $100 million in additional funds for the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) to use in bridge and road repair efforts, according to a report by ABC 17 News. With matching federal funds, the total actually rises to roughly $200 million, which will be divided approximately in […]

September 11, 2015

Roadbuilding

Missouri DOT survey finds 87% of respondents would pay more to adequately fund roads

A survey commissioned by the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) finds a large majority, 87 percent, of those responding would pay more to fund roads in the state, with increased fuel taxes being the most acceptable means of raising the money. “A Report Card from Missourians — 2015” shows 24 percent favor higher fuel taxes […]

August 20, 2015