MoDOT

Ed Hassinger is replacing director Patrick McKenna, who left in September. MoDOT is in the middle of a project expanding Interstate 70 to three lanes in both directions.

The Missouri Department of Transportation is expanding I-70 to three lanes each way, with the first 20-mile section expected to be completed by the end of 2027. More than 40,000 vehicles travel between Kansas City and St. Louis each day.

The construction project is carved up into segments. The first section tackled will be a 20-mile stretch in mid-Missouri between Columbia and Kingdom City.

According to the Missouri Department of Transportation, motorcycle fatalities have increased 47% since 2020. Last year was Missouri's deadliest on record, with 174 motorcycle deaths.

The $2.8 billion project will expand Interstate 70 to three lanes in each direction across the state.

Northbound drivers will no longer use the old Buck O’Neil bridge and will instead cross the Missouri River on a completed section of the new one. Despite weather delays, MoDOT says the project remains on schedule and within its $258 million budget.

The Missouri Department of Transportation approved an Adopt-a-Highway application from the family of Kevin “Rockhead” Johnson, who was executed in November 2022 for the killing of a Kirkwood Police officer. The sign was up for four months before the entire program got suspended.

The Missouri Department of Transportation says it hired at least 100 new employees to drive snowplows after having a shortage of drivers last winter season.

When a Missouri Department of Transportation employee and her unborn son were killed in the course of her job, her family sued for wrongful death — but the state argued they're shielded from liability because her fetus counts as an employee. The case has brought renewed attention to Missouri's fetal personhood laws since the end of Roe v. Wade.

Spring has brought warmer weather, a chance to spend time outdoors, and a pileup of litter and trash on highways and waterways. Ahead of Earth Day, residents in the Kansas City metro can join these community cleanups to tackle the problem.

It's practically a rite of spring for Kansas City drivers: swerving to avoid perilous potholes that pockmark the pavement. This year, the city is spending more than ever to resurface streets after the winter weather, with the hopes of minimizing damage to drivers. But will it be enough?

High winds and sub-zero temperatures make this snowfall more dangerous than normal. Experts are urging people to stay home unless absolutely necessary.