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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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The votes are in for Missouri drivers’ favorite digital road sign messages

Digital road signs dot highways across America, giving drivers instructions or safety advice to the point where they are a daily sight during most commutes. But the Missouri Department of Transportation wanted to know which message drivers like the most. “Pass on Left, Drive on Right” It’s a simple enough instruction for drivers, but one […]

July 8, 2015

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Missouri DOT workers discuss work zone crash, offer warnings

This time of year headlines are full of highway work zone accidents, mainly because of the perfect storm of transportation construction and summer travel coinciding. In this video, four workers with the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) recall a crash on May 27 in which a motorist struck the vehicles they operated. No major injuries […]

June 23, 2015

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Missouri DOT to turn Interstate 70 into a highway innovation lab to create Highway 2.0

Missouri’s Interstate 70 between Kansas City and St. Louis is being made available to private entities to use as a “laboratory for construction of the next generation of highways.” The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission (MHTC) announced the plans to open up the highway, dubbed “Road to Tomorrow”, at its June meeting. “It’s only appropriate […]

June 8, 2015

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Federal grant to provide $2 million to repair roads damaged by Joplin tornado reconstruction

A grant of $2 million from the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) will be used to repair roads in Duquesne, a small Missouri community that was struck by the EF-5 tornado that also decimated nearby Joplin in May 2011. Heavy equipment and heavy loads passing through Duquesne damaged the city’s roads during debris removal following […]

May 29, 2015

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Missouri DOT sets date for Youth Transportation Conference

The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) has scheduled its 2015 Youth Transportation Conference, an event that provides students with aspirations for engineering or transportation-related jobs access to college campus visits and competitions to encourage the pursuit of transportation careers. The conference, available to students entering 9th through 12 grade, is scheduled for July 19-24 at […]

May 25, 2015

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North Carolina, Missouri DOTs ask for public input on services/work zones

We’re used to taking customer service surveys for retail outlets, but it’s a rare instance when a public service institution actively seeks out such feedback. Such are the recent efforts of both North Carolina (NCDOT) and Missouri Departments of Transportation (MoDOT). NCDOT is conducting its first customer survey by mailing out questionnaires to “randomly selected […]

May 18, 2015