Tag: Missouri highway funding

Roadbuilding

Missouri officials call for a raise in the state gas tax

The Missouri Senate passed a bill Thursday to raise the state’s gas tax 1.5 cents a gallon in order to raise money to fix the declining infrastructure. According to a report from the Kansas City Star, an earlier proposal to raise the tax by two cents had stalled. State and local officials gathered at the Broadway Bridge […]

May 5, 2015

Roadbuilding

Missouri commission awards $13 million in road and bridge contracts

The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission has awarded 11 contracts totaling nearly $13 million for the 24-country Southeast District of the state, covering pavement repairs, overlays, intersection improvements, bridge replacement, and sidewalk improvements. These include: $107,808 contract was awarded to Fronabarger Concreters for concrete repairs on Interstate 55 from the Jefferson County line to Route 60 […]

April 6, 2015

Roadbuilding

Missouri approves budget-reduced road and bridge construction plan

The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission has approved the Missouri Department of Transportation’s “325 System” plan, which will focus on maintenance rather than new construction for less than 25% of the states roads. The plan’s name comes from the figure MoDOT will have for construction in 2017—$325 million. Two years from now, the state will no longer […]

February 9, 2015