MEDIA ADVISORY

JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Department of Transportation and the University of Missouri System will hold a joint ceremony Tuesday, Dec. 17, to announce the formation of the Missouri Center for Transportation Innovation. The event will begin at 10:30 a.m. and will be held at the MoDOT Central Laboratory, 1617 Missouri Blvd., in Jefferson City.

The Center is a partnership with the University of Missouri System and MoDOT in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration and other transportation stakeholders. The vision for MCTI is to establish Missouri as a showcase and a clearinghouse for safe, accessible, sustainable and resilient transportation, and moreover, to:  Propel People…Connect their Communities…and Energize their Economies.

WHEN:          Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2019

TIME:            10:30 a.m.

WHERE:       MoDOT Central Laboratory, 1617 Missouri Blvd., Jefferson City

SPEAKERS WILL INCLUDE:

Missouri Highways and Transportation Commissioner Robert Brinkmann, University of Missouri System President Mun Choi, MoDOT Director Patrick McKenna, MoDOT Deputy Director/Chief Engineer Ed Hassinger, MU Chancellor Alexander Cartwright, MCTI Director Bill Buttlar, MCTI Deputy Director John Myers, and MoDOT Research Director Jen Harper

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