With Help from
Amendment 3,
About 800 Road
Projects Planned in Next Five Years
JEFFERSON CITY - Missouri's proposed five-year transportation
improvement program is now available for public review. The
Missouri Department of Transportation's construction program lists
all transportation projects planned by state and regional planning
agencies for fiscal years 2006 through 2010 (July 1, 2005 - June
30, 2010).
In November 2004, Missouri
voters provided more than $1.7 billion in transportation dollars
to MoDOT through Amendment 3, making many additional improvements
possible. When added to existing funding commitments for roads,
bridges and other transportation modes, the construction program
totals $7.2 billion - the largest five-year project list in state
history.
"This is a great day for
transportation in Missouri," said MoDOT Director Pete Rahn.
"Barely six months ago, the public approved Amendment 3. Now,
just a short time later, we're putting that money to work with
hundreds of new projects planned."
The department's customer
service centers at 1-888 ASK MODOT (275-6636) are available to
help citizens interested in seeing the program or offering comments.
Beginning May 11, the program will also be available on MoDOT's
web site - www.modot.org
- and at the department's district offices around the state.
The formal public comment period ends June 27.
"We are very interested
in the public's input," Rahn said. "The transportation improvement
program is an essential part of MoDOT's communication with customers
to let them know their investment is being spent on the most important
transportation projects."
Currently, 47 percent of
the state's major highways are in good or better condition.
The additional funding will allow that percentage to increase
to 75 percent by the end of the program. Seventy-one percent
of the state highway bridges are currently in good or better condition,
and by the end of the 2006-2010 transportation program, 75 to
80 percent of the bridges will be in good or better condition.
Following public review,
the comments will be presented to the Missouri Highways and Transportation
Commission. The commission will review the comments and the
transportation program before considering it for approval July
8.
With the help of Amendment
3 funding, MoDOT plans to complete about 800 projects in the next
five years, including the following.
- Improvements to Route 61 in Northeast Missouri, completing
corridor from Iowa to St. Louis
- Intersection improvements in Kansas City at Interstate 470,
Interstate 435 and Route 71 (also known as the Triangle)
- Four lane Range Line bypass in Joplin
- Route 367 improvements from Route 67 to Interstate 270 in
St. Louis
- McDonald County Route 71 improvements and Bella Vista bypass,
completing Route 71 corridor from Joplin to Arkansas state line
- Camden Route 5 improvements from Camdenton to Laclede County
completing Route 5 corridor from Camdenton to Lebanon
- Camden Route 54 improvements (Route 54 bypass at Lake of the
Ozarks), completing Route 54 corridor from Mexico to Camdenton
- Jefferson County 21 improvements, completing Route 21corridor
from St. Louis to Hillsboro
- Improvements to Route 63 from Macon to Kirksville, completing
Route 63 corridor from Jefferson City to Kirksville
- Taney County Route 65 improvements, completing Route 65 corridor
from Springfield to Arkansas state line
- Dallas and Greene County Route 65 improvements, completing
Route 65 corridor from Buffalo to Springfield
- Moniteau and Cole County Route 50 improvements, completing
Route 50 corridor from California to Jefferson City
- Improvements to Route 60 from Willow Springs to Van Buren,
completing Route 60 corridor from Springfield to Sikeston
- Replacement and expansion of Paseo Bridge in Kansas City
- Benton Route 65 improvements, completing Route 65 corridor
from Marshall to Warsaw
- Improvements to Route 67 from Fredericktown to Poplar Bluff,
completing Route 67 corridor from St. Louis to Poplar Bluff
- Improvements to Route 100 from Washington to Interstate 44
- Improve Route 40 to freeway from St. Louis to Interstate 70
- Improve interchange of Route 65 and Interstate 44 in Springfield
- Improvements to Route 13 at Route 54 (Collins), completing
Route 13 corridor from Clinton to Springfield
- Extension of Route AC in St. Joseph from Pickett Road to Route
169
- Replacement of Missouri River bridge at Hermann
- Replacement of Missouri River bridge at Atchison (Amelia Earhart
Bridge)
The 2006-2010 STIP includes
transportation improvements identified by metropolitan planning
organizations in St. Louis, Kansas City, Springfield, Columbia,
Jefferson City, Joplin and St. Joseph. The STIP projects
located in these areas are subject to discussion and approval
by the appropriate metropolitan planning organization.
