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Show Me Minute: Transportation
Show-Me Minute: Transportation Kicking the can down the road was fun as a kid, but it’s not good public policy when you grow up. And that’s what our officials are doing with Missouri roads. Look, MoDot says I-70 desperately needs to be rebuilt, and the cost for that and other big projects will be in the billions of dollars. How about hiking the state’s gas tax? It’s one of the lowest in the country, and hasn’t been raised in more than 20 years. So what about toll roads? Modern ones are electronic with no delays…it’s a user fee so those who drive the roads pay most of the cost. But Missouri…
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