MoDOT pushes to make I-70 a toll road
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MoDOT pushes to make I-70 a toll road

Date: January 17, 2012
By: Sherman Fabes
State Capitol Bureau

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How much are you willing to pay to drive on I-70 from St. Louis to Kansas City? How about 30 dollars? MoDOT says the money is needed to fix the road. Sherman Fabes has more from Jefferson City.
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Wrap: MoDOT wants to make I-70 a toll road to improve the infrastructure of one of Missouri's busiest and oldest roads. 

In front of the Joint Committee of Transportation Oversight, MoDOT Director Kevin Keith said I-70 needs to be repaired.

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Description: "If we do nothing, in 10 or 15 years from now I-70 is a graveled parking lot."

MoDOT's three different options for self-funded toll projects range in cost from two to four billion dollars.

And to make up those costs, motorists could pay 10 to 15 cents a mile.

That means a car traveling from St. Louis to Kansas City could be charged as much as 30 dollars. 

As of the testimonies, no formal bill had been filed.

From the state capitol, I'm Sherman Fabes. Newsradio 1120 --- KMOX.

Intro: 
MoDOT says they need more funding to fix the state's many infrastructure problems. One of those solutions to one of those many problems ---making I-70 a toll road. Sherman Fabes has more from Jefferson City.
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Wrap: Interstate 70 is 60 years old and is in need of a major face lift.

In front of the Joint Committee of Transportation Oversight, MoDOT Director Kevin Keith said making I-70 a toll road would be the best way to fund improvements on I-70.

And if the self-funded toll project is approved, Keith says the only way to make this project work is to move fast.

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Description: "What we're talking about is somewhere between 6 and 8 years from today, I-70 is done. And you are driving on it."
 
Keith added the projects could create anywhere between 6 to 12 thousand jobs per year depending on its complexity.

As of the testimonies, no formal bill had been filed to make this project happen.

From the state capitol, I'm Sherman Fabes. Newsradio 1120 --- KMOX.