Smoother,
Safer, Sooner Program Puts Amendment 3 Funds To Work
Since
the voters approved Amendment 3 in November 2004, the Missouri Department
of Transportation has moved quickly to put the funding to work.
A three-pronged plan, nicknamed "Smoother, Safer, Sooner," will
be financed with $1.7 billion in bonds to be repaid with Amendment
3 revenue.
A sign like this
one will appear on all
Amendment
3 projects
Element
1 - Smooth Roads Initiative
The
plan's first element is called the Smooth Roads Initiative, which
will provide 2,200 miles of smoother pavement on the state's most
heavily traveled roads by December 2006. Improvements will
include new driving surfaces, brighter
stripes and signs, reflective pavement markers separating lanes,
improved shoulders with rumble strips, and safer guardrails.
Smooth
Roads Initiative Project List (27
pages, 280 kbs)
Governor's Challenge
Element
2 - Accelerated Projects
The
plan's second element accelerates projects already planned in
MoDOT's five-year construction program. Using bond financing to
accelerate projects already in our regular budget, we'll be able
to move these high-priority projects up several years in the program.
Accelerated
Projects List (10 pages, 110 kbs)
Element 3 -Selecting New High-Priority Projects
Element
three adds new major projects. MoDOT worked closely with local
officials to determine the state's highest priorities for new
projects.
Urban
Projects
Rural
Projects
Projects
Map
This map shows all Amendment
3 work, broken down by element.
Amendment
3 Projects Map
Amendment 3
Background
In November 2004 the
state's voters approved Amendment 3 by an overwhelming margin
of 79 percent to 21 percent.
This new state constitutional amendment will redirect some existing
highway user fees to MoDOT. Most of the funding will come via
the state’s vehicle sales tax. Currently, half the tax goes
to MoDOT and half to the state’s general revenue fund, which
pays for a variety of state services. The amendment will require
all vehicle sales tax to come to MoDOT.
The amendment also limits the amount of highway user fees, such
as fuel tax and vehicle license and registration fees, that are
paid to other state agencies. Currently, MoDOT pays yearly fees
to a variety of state agencies for transportation-related services.
The amendment eliminates those payments, except for money that
will continue to go to the Highway Patrol and a reduced amount
that will to go the Department of Revenue.
The amendment takes effect July 1, 2005, but will be phased in
over four years. By the time it's fully in effect in 2009, it
will add $180-$190 million a year to MoDOT's budget for transportation
system improvements.
News
Release Nov.10 Amendment 3 Plans Unveiled
News
Release Dec. 10 Commission Approves Phase 1 Project List
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