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MoDOT maintenance plan raises county concerns
BENTON -- MoDOT going into "survival mode" could put a hardship on motorists and farmers in Scott County.
David Wyman, area engineer for the Missouri Department of Transportation, presented the County Commission with MoDOT's Highway and Bridge Construction Schedule for 2015-2019 during the Commission's regular Tuesday meeting.
As voters decided to not approve a three-quarter cent sales tax for transportation funding, "MoDOT is moving into survival mode. They are looking at maintaining a major route through every county in the Southeast District and the state," said Jamie Burger, presiding commissioner. "It concerns us because we'll see deterioration on roads not covered on this map (of work to be funded)."
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