JEFFERSON CITY – Governor Jay Nixon has written to Stephen Miller, Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission chairman requesting MoDOT to analyze and provide options for using tolls to improve and expand I-70. In response to the Governor’s request, Chairman Miller has directed MoDOT staff to immediately prepare the report and to submit it to the Governor by December 31 as requested.

In a letter to the Governor, Chairman Miller stated that the Commission welcomed the Governor’s involvement in exploring ways to fund transportation and concurred in the Governor’s assessment that transportation is vital to Missouri’s prosperity and funding has reached a critical juncture.