Jefferson City, MO (KTRS) Traffic fatalities are up in the state Missouri. The Missouri Department of Transportation reports that there were 853 traffic fatalities last year, an 11.4 percent increase over the 766 recorded in 2014. Officials say 63 percent of those killed in traffic crashes last year, were not wearing seat belts. According to…
( KTRS ) Legislative leaders say providing resources to help with flood recovery efforts is a top priority. Missouri Department of Transportation spokesman Matt Hiebert says the agency still is assessing the extent of damage from the rare winter flood. But Hiebert says the agency so far has identified three or four locations where pavement has…
The Missouri Department of Transportation is searching for funding after voters rejected a sales tax in 2014
( KTRS ) Motorists returning to work Monday will have smoother and drier commute this week. Interstates 70, 44, 55 and more than 40 other state roads in the region are now open after flooding forced MoDOT to close them after Christmas. Waters from area creeks and rivers caused dozens of roads to close in…
( KTRS ) Interstate 44 is now closed between Bowles Avenue and Route 109 in West County due to flooding of the Meramec River at Route 141. MoDOT spokesman Chris Kelly say the closure is between mile marker 264 and 273 and is expected to last a few days. Due to other closures in the…
( KTRS ) Authorities say more than 180 Missouri roads are closed or restricting traffic because of flooding. MoDOT official say the closures include eastbound lanes of Interstate 70 in St. Charles County. Lanes in both directions closed Sunday because of rising flood waters from the Dardenne Creek. Several bridges also are closed because of…
Patrick McKenna will be coming to Missouri as a funding shortfall is resulting in a backlog of needed repairs to aging bridges and roads
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Facing limited funding and a cross-state highway in need of improvements, the Missouri Department of Transportation is asking for suggestions from the public on ways to turn Interstate 70 into a “highway of the future.” Stephen Miller, chairman of the Missouri State Highways and Transportation Commission, said Wednesday the transportation…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The number of Missouri bridges in poor condition is expected to increase dramatically over the next decade as state funding declines. State transportation commissioners were told Tuesday that Missouri currently has 600 bridges on state highways that are rated in poor or critical condition but are not in Missouri’s five-year…
(St. Louis, MO) — Drivers heading downtown on a beautiful Fall weekend will encounter some inconveniences. MODOT will completely close I-44 between Kingshighway and Jefferson Avenue starting at 8 o’clock tonight. The weekend ramp closures include the Lafayette and Jefferson Avenue ramps onto I-44 west, the ramps from Vandeventer and Grand onto eastbound-44 and the…