Missouri Transportation Director Kevin Keith says the state has little choice but to consider making Interstate 70 a toll road. Keith says the aging and overused highway desperately needs to be repaired and there’s no other way to pay for it.

Keith says Interstate 70 is nearly 60 years old and is so overcrowded that a mere fender-bender accident can back up traffic for miles. He says one benefit of making it a toll road is that motorists passing through from other states would help foot the bill for repairs, estimated at $2-billion to $4-billion.