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Missouri’s transportation system includes nearly 34,000 miles of roads and more than 10,000 bridges, ranking it among the largest for any state in the nation. MoDOT staff have worked with metropolitan planning organizations and regional planning commissions throughout the state to develop a list of high priority unfunded road and bridge needs. The draft project-specific lists include $4.7 billion in road and bridge project needs in three tiers.
Tier one includes $528 million and includes project needs we could accomplish in the time of the current five-year Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) as federal and state funding levels increase. Tier two is worth $2 billion and includes project needs beyond the current STIP timeframe. Tier three includes $2.2 billion of project needs also beyond the current STIP. In addition, MoDOT staff worked with planning partners to identify $1 billion in multimodal needs. There is also an additional nearly $4 billion in identified statewide unfunded needs, primarily focused on improving Interstate 70.
A draft of Missouri’s High-Priority Unfunded Needs is available online. You’ll also find a list of public meetings that are being held across the state now through December 7.
The final prioritized unfunded needs document will be presented to the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission at its January meeting.
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