Many engineers, consultants and contractors will have to seek work in places other than Missouri through the rest of the decade. Early this month, the Missouri Dept. of Transportation announced it will not embark on any new expansion projects in its five-year FY2016-20 transportation plan, due to lack of funding.
In May, ENR’s “Low & Slow Across America’s Infrastructure” tour made stops along Interstate 70 in St. Louis and in Kansas City, where MoDOT Chairman Stephen Miller spoke of the then-impending plan to focus on maintaining 8,000 miles out of 34,000 total miles of state-owned highways and roads. “For the other 26,000 miles, we are unable to make a commitment,” he said.