Missouri
Missouri gets $92 million in federal funding to improve I-70 – Missourinet
Missouri has received a federal grant of $92 million to improve Interstate 70. This news comes as the state legislature provides $2.8 billion for the Improve I-70 project.
MoDOT Director Patrick McKenna said the state plans to use the grant for specific projects along the roadway.
“When you’re looking at basic condition improvements and capacity expansion, that’s really not necessarily favored in a lot of those the federal construct of the bill, but we thought there was a unique opportunity with the discretionary grant to step into those areas,” he said.
Missouri will use the grant for truck parking, work zone safety technology, and workforce development, all while the Improve I-70 plan will work towards adding a third lane to the interstate.
“We want safety in the work zone while we’re working, here because this is going to be a seven-year construction project that goes on across the backbone of this state,” McKenna said. “So, we want to use safety technology to encourage safe driving behavior.”
From 2012 to 2021 there were 275 deaths and over 1,100 serious injury crashes on that stretch of road. According to department data, the economic impact is equal to over $300,000 per hour when freight movement on I-70 is stopped.
McKenna said this funding is key because of the dangers construction workers faced on I-270 in St. Louis.
“The construction workers were at risk,” he said. “We had equipment that was struck frequently. So, we want to inject technology into that. It’s not to say that goes directly toward enforcement, but it’ll help us target where enforcement should be in anticipation of us moving our work zones across the state.”
Construction to widen I-70 is scheduled to begin this summer.
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TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) – A Missouri man was arrested last week following a traffic stop in Topeka.
According to the Shawnee Co. Sheriff’s Office, on Wednesday, May 20, shortly before 9 p.m., a deputy conducted a traffic stop on an SUV in the 1900 block of SW Topeka Boulevard.
Officials said that during the investigation, it was discovered that the driver of the vehicle did not have a valid license, the vehicle was not properly registered and there was no liability insurance as required. In addition, illegal narcotics were allegedly found.
As a result, Robert L. Brooks, 55, of Carthage, Mo., was arrested and booked into the SNDOC on the following:
- Possession of an opiate, opium, narcotic or certain stimulant
- Use/possess with intent to use drug paraphernalia
- Driving while license suspended
- Vehicles; display plate not assigned
- Fail to stop at a stop sign
No additional information was provided.
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As the United States prepares for the 250th celebration, the Missouri State Archives, in collaboration with the America 250 Missouri Commission, are calling for the public to join them with a new project.
From now through December 31st, 2026, the Archives is accepting items of Missouriana to be placed in a time capsule.
The “time capsule” will look different than what most people picture.
Instead of being buried or encased in cement, the time capsule will live in the Archives’ rare documents vault – the perfect place for artifacts to grow old.
One of the items submitted for the time capsule is a ticket stub from Game 6 of the 1964 World Series between the St. Louis Cardinals and New York Yankees.
The Yankees won this game to tie the series 3-3, before the Cardinals took Game 7.
For entry guidelines, additional details, and the submission form, click here.
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