JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Department of Transportation has made significant improvements to the state’s highway system in the past few years. In fact, 83 percent of Missouri’s major highways are now in good condition and the state has experienced a 24 percent drop in highway deaths since 2005.
But as MoDOT faces a severe decrease in funding after this fiscal year, the department’s annual report to the Missouri legislature asks the question, “Where do we go from here?”
The full 2009 Report to the Joint Committee on Transportation Oversight can be found on modot.org.