Districts Impacted
Project Timeline
In October 2023, a $8,980,000 contract was awarded to Pace Construction Company LLC, with a Nov. 1, 2024, completion date, to resurface more than 85 miles across Gasconade, Maries, Osage and Pulaski counties.
- Resurfacing 51.013 miles along Route 133 in Maries, Osage and Pulaski counties from U.S Route 63 to Route 17, including Osage County Route EE
- The contractor plans to begin resurfacing near the intersection of Missouri Route 52, with the paving crew working north to U.S. Route 63, near Westphalia. Another crew will then pave south from Route 52 to Missouri Route 17, near Crocker.
- Includes paving, guardrail work, and striping.
- The contractor is allowed up to 87 consecutive calendar days to complete this stage of the project.
- Resurfacing 8.214 miles along Osage County Route A from Main Street in Bonnots MIll to U.S. Route 50.
- The project includes paving, guardrail work, and striping.
- The contractor is allowed up to 45 consecutive calendar days to complete this part of the project.
- Resurfacing 27.421 miles of Route 100 in Gasconade and Osage counties from U.S. Route 50 in Linn to Route N in Gasconade County.
- The project includes paving, guardrail work, and striping.
- The contractor is allowed up to 51 consecutive calendar days to complete this portion of the project.
Frequently Asked Questions
How does MoDOT strategically use the funding provided by taxpayers, prioritize work and determine needs for which funding has not yet been identified?
Even with transportation funding in Missouri at record levels, the Missouri Department of Transportation is still not in a position to implement every measure on every one of the 34,000 miles of roadway MoDOT maintains.
MoDOT makes strategic plans, decisions on projects - including the scope of work included in those projects - with our partners, detailed analysis, and with the best use of taxpayer funding in mind.
We rely on and work closely with our planning partners - local regional planning commissions and metropolitan planning organizations - that coordinate local issues related to regional planning and development. With them, MoDOT develops the Statewide Transportation Improvement Program, as well as a list of unfunded needs to provide uniform planning services that reflect local needs and priorities.
We encourage individuals to reach out to their planning partners to ensure their needs are known. In this case, Meramec Regional Planning Commission serves Gasconade, Maries, Osage & Pulaski counties.
With safety as one of MoDOT’s top values, and with the goal to have the greatest impact to reduce fatality and serious injury crashes on state roadways, we rely on empirical data to make these tough choices.
How is it determined which safety measures will be included on projects?
Our goal is to make each project safer, but the methods vary based on the expected benefits of the proposed treatments. Because we must prioritize, we lean heavily towards treatments that are projected to save the most lives and those solutions don’t look the same on every route.
In previous years – the mid to late 20 teens – the Central District added shoulders to numerous higher-volume minor routes, consistent with Missouri’s strategic highway safety plan.
Adding shoulders to higher-volume minor routes had a high benefit/cost ratio, meaning the investment of taxpayer dollars was projected to yield a higher reduction in fatalities and serious injuries than other, more costly safety improvements
After shoulders were added, analysis showed that the projections were accurate, and lives were saved.
In looking at future projects on the remaining minor routes, the benefit/cost analysis showed that adding shoulders would be much less effective than other safety treatments identified in the strategic highway safety plan in the number of lives saved. With this data, a strategic shift was made to implement corridor safety improvements such as a series of j-turns, turn lanes, high friction surface treatments, and guard cable, which would result in a more significant number of lives saved.
This strategic shift has been utilized on U.S. Route 63 between Jefferson City and Columbia, and on U.S. Route 54 between Jefferson City and the Lake of the Ozarks. Both corridor safety improvement projects have already resulted in numerous lives saved and reduced the number of crashes which caused serious injuries.
What if I have more questions about this or other MoDOT projects in this area?
You can reach out to MoDOT Area Engineer Preston Kramer at Preston.Kramer@modot.mo.gov for projects or issues in Crawford, Dent, Gasconade, Maries, Osage, Phelps, Pulaski and/or Washington counties.
Or you can call 888 ASK MODOT (888-275-6636). Our 24/7 Customer Service team can help with providing and finding answers for you or getting you in contact with an area engineer for other counties across the state.