MoDOT
Announces First Phase of
Amendment
3 Projects
KANSAS CITY - It's been only a month since voters approved Amendment
3, providing additional revenue for Missouri roads and bridges.
Today, Missouri Department of Transportation officials
unveiled the first round of projects that will be built with this
money.
"MoDOT is acting quickly so these projects can be under construction
this coming summer," said MoDOT Director Pete Rahn. "Missouri
is counting on us to make a big impact with this money.
We will deliver."
At
today's meeting of the Highways and Transportation Commission,
commissioners approved 57 projects totaling $160 million that
comprise part of the Smooth Roads Initiative. Remaining projects
to complete the initiative will be announced in January.
The
initiative is the first portion of the three-part Smoother, Safer,
Sooner program. The program will invest about $1.7 billion in
Amendment 3-financed bonds over the next several years.
The
Smooth Roads Initiative will provide 2,200 miles of smoother pavement,
brighter road markings and other safety improvements on the state's
most heavily traveled highways in three years. The initiative
will invest $400 million in Amendment 3 bonds.
The
highway miles included in the Smooth Roads Initiative account
for 60 percent of all traffic on the state system. About
86 percent of Missouri's population lives within 10 miles of one
of the selected roads. Improvements will include better
pavement for a smoother drive, as well as brighter stripes and
signs, reflective pavement markers separating lanes, improved
shoulders with rumble strips, and safer guardrails.
The
second element of the Smoother, Safer, Sooner program will speed
up many construction projects currently planned for the next five
years. These accelerated projects will be announced next
month, along with the remaining projects from the Smooth Roads
Initiative.
The
program's third element, construction of major new projects statewide,
will be announced in May after public involvement activities help
determine the state's highest priorities.
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Editor's
note: The attached project list was approved today. This
list is only one portion of the entire Smooth Roads Initiative.
Remaining projects will be announced next month.
Smooth
Roads Initiative Approved Projects (78
kbs, 6 pages)
Amendment
3 Update (62 kbs, 2 pages)
Smooth
Roads Initiative Map (2 mb, 1
page)
Amendment
3 Road Sign (100 kbs, 1 page)
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