Comments Sought for Draft Missouri Highway Plan for 2023-2027

 On Thursday, the Missouri Department of Transportation released its draft highway and bridge construction schedule for 2023-2027. Among the projects being considered:

–Bridge rehabilitation for various bridges in Worth, Gentry, Harrison, and Nodaway Counties;

–Pavement preservation treatment and resurfacing for Route 71 in Andrew County and Nodaway County to south of Route V in Maryville;

–Bridge rehabilitation for a bridge on Route B in Gentry County;

–Bridge replacement over Walnut Fork on Route E in Gentry County 1.1 miles east of Route 169 near Stanberry;

–Pavement resurfacing for Routes FF, U, and J in Gentry and Worth Counties, Route NN in Harrison County, and Route Y in Worth County.

–Bridge replacement over Bear Creek 1.8 miles north of 169 near Gentry on Route YY;

–Pavement resurfacing from Iowa state line to Route N near Eagleville on I-35;

–Pavement preservation treatment on I-35 from Route N near Eagleville to Route 136 near Bethany;

–Pavement repair on I-35 from the Iowa state line to the Clay County line;

–Bridge replacement on Route 69 over Zadie Branch one mile west of I-35 in Harrison County;

–Bridge rehabilitation over East Fork Big Creek on Route N 1.6 miles east of I-35 near Blythedale;

–Pavement resurfacing for Route 136 from Route 46 south of Ravenwood to Route J in Nodaway County;

–Pavement resurfacing on Route 46 and 136 from Icon Road to east of the 102 River in Maryville and from Route J to Route 169 in Stanberry;

–Pavement resurfacing on Route 71 from Route 148 to the Iowa state line north of Maryville;

–Pavement resurfacing for Routes NN, AH, WW, AB, JJ, N, and Y in Nodaway County;

–Bridge replacement over the Platte River on Route VV near Conception Junction;

–Bridge rehabilitation for Route 169 over Middle Fork Grand River 2.3 miles south of Grant City;

–Pavement resurfacing for Route 169 from Iowa state line to Route 46 near Grant City;

–Bridge replacement over Marlowe Branch and over the West Fork Grand River on Route 46 west of Grant City.

The draft FY 2023-2027 Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) was presented to the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission Thursday. A 30-day public review and comment period has begun.

The STIP makes available $9.9 billion of federal and state revenues for all modes of transportation over the next five years.  Of the $9.9 billion, the draft STIP details $7.69 billion in road and bridge construction contractor awards, averaging approximately $1.5 billion per year.  

The draft FY 2023-2027 STIP lists transportation projects planned by state and regional planning agencies for fiscal years 2023 through 2027 (July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2027).

The proposed program is available for public review. 

Those interested in seeing the program or offering comments can contact MoDOT by email to STIPcomments@modot.mo.gov, by calling customer service at 1-888-ASK-MoDOT (275-6636), or by mail to Transportation Planning, Program Comments, P.O. Box 270, Jefferson City, MO 65102. 

The program is available on MoDOT's website: https://www.modot.org/DRAFTSTIP. The formal comment period ends June 17, 2022.

Following the public review period, the comments will be presented to the Commission. The Commission will review the comments and the final transportation program before considering it for approval at its July 6 meeting.