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Tag: Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT)
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
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Missouri governor calls for an increase in state’s gas tax
Missouri Governor Jay Nixon is hoping legislators in his state support a gas tax hike to help pay for needed highway improvements. Nixon was speaking on the KCUR show “Up To Date” when he told host Steve Kraske that he hoped a bill pre-filed Dec. 1 by Sen. Doug Libla (R-Poplar Bluff) passed the state legislature. […]
December 21, 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
Santa Ana Freeway (I-5) South Corridor Improvement Project
A $1.6 billion package of the overall $3.2 billion invested for freeway and multiple bridges will add nearly 14 miles of carpool lanes to make travel seamless for motorists.
August 6, 2014
Roadbuilding
Applications & Innovations
Recycled asphalt shingles are an acquired taste.
July 3, 2012
Safety
MoDOT wins national highway safety award
The Missouri Department of Transportation (MODOT) was recognized Sept. 27 by the Governor’s Highway Safety Association for its work to save lives on Missouri highways. MoDOT received the Peter K. O’Rourke Special Achievement Award for spearheading a statewide safety coalition that has helped the state realize a decrease in traffic fatalities and disabling injuries for […]
September 28, 2011
Roadbuilding
Missouri DOT goal: Re-open flooded roads by end of 2011
Missouri DOT goal: Re-open flooded roads by end of 2011,Missouri DOT goal: Re-open flooded roads by end of 2011
September 23, 2011
Safety
Missouri in top five for measuring transportation performance
Missouri is one of the top five states in the nation in using performance measures — such as safety, on-time and on-budget construction projects and improved traffic flow — to show taxpayers how their transportation dollars are being spent.
June 15, 2011
Maintenance
Commission adopts plan to make Missouri DOT smaller
Reduction in Staff, Facilities and Equipment Will Save $512 Million The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission adopted a plan that will make the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) a smaller agency so more funding can be directed to needed road and bridge projects. In a resolution, the six commission members adopted a plan that calls […]
June 8, 2011
Safety
Missouri to host 2012 National Work Zone Week event
On the heels of Work Zone Awareness Week, Missouri has been chosen from several other state nominees to host the national work zone kick-off event on Monday, April 23, 2012. “We wanted to select a state that’s doing something wonderful that could be shared with the rest of the nation,” said James Baron, director of […]
April 19, 2011
Maintenance
Missouri DOT selling land parcels no longer needed for highways
The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) is having a spring sale — of land, that is. MoDOT will be selling off parcels of land the department no longer needs to build, improve or maintain the state highway system. A few years ago, the department began an aggressive effort to sell excess property and put the […]
March 18, 2011
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Kevin Keith new Missouri DOT director
The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission (MHTC) has selected Kevin Keith as director of the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT). Keith has served as the department’s interim director since April and has been chief engineer of MoDOT for nine years. He has been with the department for more than 25 years. “Kevin Keith is a proven […]
November 15, 2010
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