MoDOT Press Release:
The Missouri Department of Transportation has made significant improvements to the state's highway system in the past few years. In fact, 83 percent of Missouri's major highways are now in good condition and the state has experienced a 24 percent drop in highway deaths since 2005.
But as MoDOT faces a severe decrease in funding after this fiscal year, the department's annual report to the Missouri legislature asks the question, "Where do we go from here?"
"It's the elephant in the room," MoDOT Director Pete Rahn said. "We've come a long way in proving we are accountable with the resources we are given. To maintain our current system, even in its current condition, is going to take some tough decisions on how we're going to fund transportation in the future and at what level."
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