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Road construction

MoDOT hears strategic goals for Bootheel (10/03/08)
Amenda Alexander Daily Dunklin Democrat The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) commission held it's monthly meeting in Caruthersville on Wednesday to discuss area roadways. Pete Rahn, Missouri Department of Transportation director was on hand for the meeting, as were speakers Stephen Duke, executive director of the Bootheel Regional Planning and Economic Development Commission, Dr. ...

Area residents complain of highway problems at town hall meeting (08/23/03)
A town hall meeting put together by state Rep. Otto Bean of Holcomb, Mo., to discuss road conditions and rural investment in Southeast Missouri was held Thursday afternoon at the community center in Campbell, Mo. "I have a lot of optimism for the future of Southeast Missouri," Bean told those in attendance...

Paving of eastbound lands of US 412 are nearly completed (08/19/03)
Like a gray ribbon, reflecting the heat of the summer, sun, the newly paved eastbound lanes of U.S. 412 wend their way toward Hayti, Mo. The pavement is an eight mile stretch of U.S. 412 which has been completed, leaving only a short section of the roadway to be done...

Road changes create challenge (07/10/03)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Turning over responsibility for 25 percent of the state highway system to local governments could prove a tough sell for the Missouri Department of Transportation. MoDOT is pursuing the possibility of transferring ownership of 8,050 miles of state highways to cities and counties. But department officials acknowledge that local leaders will have to be convinced the idea is beneficial to all parties in order for the plan to go anywhere...

State highway board discusses priorities for next decade (07/03/03)
State highway board discusses priorities for next decade LITTLE ROCK (AP) -- State highway commissioners are trying to figure out what the state's road priorities should be for the next decade. The Highway Commission on Tuesday began weighing whether to focus on addressing expanding traffic volumes in growing urban areas or improving infrastructure in economically depressed regions...

MoDOT wants to lessen maintained miles (07/03/03)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri transportation officials will begin pursuing the possibility of transferring ownership of one-fourth of the road miles in the state highway system to cities and counties. With 32,400 miles, Missouri's state highway system is larger than those in any of its neighboring states and among the biggest in the nation. ...

Emerson: State roads dangerous (06/22/03)
Missouri roads are intolerable and immediate action is needed to mend them, says U.S. Rep. JoAnn Emerson. "The quality of Missouri's highway system affects every resident of the state, from daily commuters to local small businesspeople," Emerson said. "No matter the thoroughfare, Whether I-55 or Highway 60, I am all to accustomed to a deteriorating interstate system and dangerous two-laned highways...