State Department of Transportation (MoDOT) officials say their plows have driven about 800-thousand miles during this week’s winter storm, three times the distance from earth to the moon. MoDOT plow crews have spread about 10,000 tons of salt this week. They’re on their third 12-hour shift this week, and are out on this Friday morning …
I-70 Rocheport bridge project has national significance, Missouri congresswoman says
A west-central Missouri congresswoman who serves on the House Agriculture Committee says the $240-million I-70 Rocheport bridge project is critical to the region. U.S. Rep. Vicky Hartzler (R-Harrisonville) helped push for the $81-million federal grant for the new bridge. “It not connects our two major cities in Kansas City and St. Louis but it basically connects …
MoDOT: you’ll see a lot of activity this spring and summer near I-70 Rocheport bridge
The state Department of Transportation (MoDOT) is now in the design-build phase for the $240-million I-70 Rocheport bridge project, west of Columbia. MoDOT director Patrick McKenna says cold weather has been a factor. “You know obviously we can’t be doing a lot of active construction when it’s 13 degrees out. But the contractor is out …
Snow heading to mid-Missouri late tonight into Saturday
Columbia, Jefferson City, Moberly and most of the 939 the Eagle listening area will be under a winter weather advisory, starting at midnight and going through 6 p.m. on Saturday. National Weather Service (NWS) Pleasant Hill meteorologist Spencer Mell tells 939 the Eagle that Columbia and Jefferson City should receive two to four inches of …
Legislation to ban texting while driving is backed Missouri’s MoDOT director
Missouri’s transportation director says wearing your seat belt is your best line of defense in a crash. 1,004 people were killed in Missouri traffic crashes in 2021, a three percent increase from 2020. State Department of Transportation (MoDOT) director Patrick McKenna says two-thirds of the victims were unbuckled. “When you look at the human suffering, …
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