ST. JOSEPH, Mo. – The following is a listing of general highway maintenance and construction work in the Northwest Missouri region planned for the week of June 11 – 17 from the Missouri Department of Transportation.

In addition to the work listed below, there may be pothole patching, mowing, shoulder work, bridge maintenance, striping, brush cutting, guardrail repairs, litter pick up and other road work conducted throughout the region. Many of these will be moving operations and could include lane closures with delays. All scheduled maintenance and construction projects are subject to change.

MoDOT reminds the public to stay alert, watch for road work, buckle up, slow down, and drive with extreme caution through work zones and in changing weather conditions.

For more information about a project, please contact MoDOT at 1-888-ASK-MoDOT (888-275-6636) or visit modot.org/northwest. You can also follow MoDOT’s Northwest Missouri District on Twitter @ModotNorthwest and on Facebook.

Andrew County

• Interstate 29 – Bridge deck replacement project at the Nodaway River Bridge. Traffic is head-to-head in the northbound lanes. This traffic pattern will be in place through August and includes a 13-foot width restriction.
• U.S. Route 71 – Resurfacing project from Route 48 to Route A (Nodaway County), June 11 – 15

Atchison County

• I-29 – Pavement repair from mile marker 124 near the Iowa state line to mile marker 111 near Route 111, June 11 – 15
• Route E – Driveway tube replacement at Route U, June 12
• Route D – Shoulder work near the railroad crossing south of Watson, June 13 – 15
• U.S. Route 275 – Resurfacing project from the Iowa state line to U.S. Route 136, June 14 – 15

Buchanan County

• Route 759 – Pavement repair of railroad crossing southbound from Hickory Street to Florence Road, June 11 – 13. This includes overnight lane closures.
• Route V – Pothole patching, June 11 – 13
• Route K – Pothole patching, June 13 – 15
• Route 759 – Pavement repair of railroad crossing northbound from Hickory Street to Florence Road, June 13 – 15. This includes overnight lane closures.

Caldwell County

• Route D – Pothole patching from U.S. Route 36 to Route HH, June 11 – 15

U.S. Route 36 – Bridge maintenance on the Brushy Creek Bridge, June 11 – 17. This includes overnight lane closures.

Carroll County

• U.S. Route 65 – Sealing and resurfacing project from the Missouri River to the Iowa state line, June 11 – 16. This project includes a 12-foot width restriction.
• Route E – Sealing from Ely Street in Carrollton to Route D, June 13 – 15

Chariton County

• Route JJ – Chip seal from Route E to the Linn County line, June 11
• Route F – Chip seal from Route E to U.S. Route 24, June 12 – 13

Clinton County

• Route 116 – CLOSED for a bridge replacement project at the McGuire Creek Bridge. The road will be closed through July. A signed detour is in place.

Daviess County

• Route 13 – CLOSED for a bridge replacement project at the Honey Creek Bridge. The road will be closed through September. A signed detour is in place.

DeKalb County

• U.S. Route 36 – Pavement resurfacing and realignment project at the Route 33 North/Route M junction. Traffic is head to head in the eastbound lanes. This traffic pattern will be in place through July 3 and includes a 14-foot width restriction.

Grundy County

• U.S. Route 65 – Sealing project from the north city limits of Chillicothe to the Iowa state line, June 11 – 16. This includes a 12-foot width restriction.

Harrison County

• Route AA/H – CLOSED for a bridge deck replacement at the I-35 overpass. The bridge will be closed through July. One lane of I-35 may be closed in each direction during the project.
• I-35 – Resurfacing project from the Iowa state line to Route N at Eagleville, June 11 – 16. This includes a 16-foot width restriction.
• Route M – CLOSED for a resurfacing project from Route D to Route EE, June 12 – 13, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily

Holt County

• I-29 – Bridge deck replacement at the Nodaway River Bridge. Traffic is head to head in the northbound lanes. This traffic pattern will be in place through August and includes a 13-foot width restriction.
• I-29 – Resurfacing project from Route W to Route 118, June 11 – 15

Linn County

• Route JJ – Chip seal from the Chariton County line to the city limits of Marceline, June 11

U.S. Route 36 – Shoulder improvements from just east of Route 11 to Route 5, June 11 – 15. This project includes a 16-foot width restriction.

Livingston County

• U.S. Route 65 – Pavement repair from Route K to the Grundy County line, June 11 – 12
• U.S. Route 65 – Sealing and resurfacing project from the north city limits of Chillicothe to the Iowa state line, June 11 – 16. This includes a 12-foot width restriction.

Mercer County

• U.S. Route 65 – Sealing project from the north city limits of Chillicothe to the Iowa state line, June 11 – 16. This includes a 12-foot width restriction.

Nodaway County

• Route MM – CLOSED for a culvert replacement from U.S. Route 136 to 280th Street, June 11, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
• Route M – Pothole patching, June 11
• U.S. Route 71 – Resurfacing project from Route A to just north of Route 48 (Andrew County), June 11 – 16
• Route 246 – Pothole patching from U.S. Route 148 to Route E, June 12
• Route PP – Pothole patching, June 13
• U.S. Route 136 – Shoulder improvements from east of the city limits of Maryville to Route 46 in Ravenwood, June 13 – 15
• Route 46 – Pothole patching, June 15

Putnam County

• Route W – Pothole patching from U.S. Route 136 to Route 149, June 15

Worth County

• Route 46 – Pothole patching from U.S. Route 246 to Route W, June 11 – 12
• Route M – CLOSED for resurfacing project from Route EE to Route C, June 14 – 15, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily

A Gilman City teenager was seriously injured in a rollover crash Saturday morning near Melbourne.

According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, at 10:44 a.m. Saturday, 16-year-old Quentin D. Hughs was driving a Ford Focus east on MO 146 when the vehicle crossed the center line and Hughs overcorrected. The vehicle went off the south side of the road and overturned twice before coming to rest on its wheels. Hughs was transported by Grundy County ambulance to Wright Memorial Hospital for treatment of serious injuries.

According to the crash report, Hughs was wearing a seat belt.

Maryville, Mo. – Northwest Missouri State University President Dr. John Jasinski is among a select group of leaders chosen to participate in the Age of Agility Summit.

The Age of Agility Summit is a gathering of business leaders, education experts and policymakers engaging in solution-oriented discussion about restructuring how education is delivered. The nationally touring event stops June 14 at the Westin Kansas City at Crown Center.

According to a press release, Jasinski will join other education leaders as a member of a panel sharing education success stories. The panel, moderated by the Kauffman Foundation, begins at 11 a.m. and will feature each panelist delivering a TED-style presentation; the panelists will then participate in a discussion and Q&A with audience members.

Hosted by America Succeeds, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation and the American Enterprise Institute, among others, the Age of Agility Summit is part of a multi-city national tour designed to generate actionable strategies and tactics to improve and modernize education, training, and workforce preparedness in each state. The event will be recorded and portions will be accessible in the Age of Agility Resource Bank at ageofagility.org.

America Succeeds’ mission is to elevate and expand the business voice for the dramatic and continuous improvement of public education. In 2017, the organization released “The Age of Agility: Education Pathways for the Future of Work,” which provides stories and data about the rapidly changing workplace.

Individuals interested in attending The Age of Agility Summit may RSVP online at rsvpkansascity.ageofagility.org.

WEST PLAINS, Mo. – A draft 2019-2023 Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) that builds on the Missouri Department of Transportation’s long-range transportation plan, financial forecast, asset management plan and the prioritization of project needs at the local level by planning partners was presented this week to the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission.

Transportation Planning Director Machelle Watkins told commissioners the draft STIP includes 1,319 projects, which for the most part will maintain the system in the condition it is in today. On average, this STIP annually invests in 586 lane miles of interstate pavements, 1,065 miles of major route pavements, 2,754 miles of minor route pavements and 172 bridges.

Missouri has the nation’s seventh largest state highway system with 33,856 miles of roadways and 10,403 bridges but ranks 46th nationally in revenue per mile.

The STIP details an annual construction program of $900 million per year for the five-year period, up from $850 million in Fiscal Year 2018. But it is still insufficient to meet the state’s unfunded high-priority transportation needs that are estimated in MoDOT’s “Citizen’s Guide to Transportation Funding” at an additional $825 million per year.

“Community input is critically important to the process of prioritizing local needs and putting the STIP together,” MoDOT Director Patrick McKenna said. “The STIP represents our commitment to Missourians of the projects that will be developed and delivered over the next five years.”

The STIP also takes into account commission action from January that increases cost-share funding to $30 million for 2021, $35 million for 2022, $40 million for 2023, and $45 million for 2024 and thereafter. The purpose of the cost-share program is to build partnerships with local entities to pool efforts and resources in order to deliver state highway and bridge projects.

“We know from discussions our districts have been having with our planning partners that there is a healthy appetite out there for locally important projects that can be expedited by this increase in cost-share funding,” Watkins said.

In January, the Commission also updated the distribution method for safety funds. Some $35 million is available each year for safety funding, with $3 million dedicated to statewide initiatives. Beginning in 2021, the remaining $32 million will be distributed to MoDOT’s seven districts based on a three-year average of the number of fatalities and serious injuries on the state highway system. Currently, district safety funds are distributed based on a three-year crash average that includes fatal, injury and property damage-only crashes. Watkins said focusing MoDOT’s efforts on areas with high fatalities and serious injuries is a key strategy for reducing the number of deaths on the Missouri transportation system. That is in keeping with “Missouri’s Blueprint – A Partnership Toward Zero Deaths” which is an ongoing strategic plan to assist in continuing efforts to reduce the number of people killed and injured as the result of motor vehicle crashes on the state’s roadways.

For the second straight year, the draft STIP includes more detailed project information for non-highway modes of transportation than in the past, and also includes a section detailing the planned operations and maintenance activities for the next two years, alongside expenditures for those same activities in the prior year. This additional information is provided to allow Missourians to more easily see how their transportation funding is invested.

The draft 2019-2023 Statewide Transportation Improvement Program lists transportation projects planned by state and regional planning agencies for fiscal years 2019 through 2023 (July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2023). The proposed program is available for public review. Those interested in seeing the program or offering comments can contact MoDOT by email to STIPcomments@modot.mo.gov, by calling customer service at 1-888-ASK-MoDOT (275-6636), or by mail to Transportation Planning, Program Comments, P.O. Box 270, Jefferson City, MO 65102. The program is also available on MoDOT’s website, www.modot.org/plansandprojects/construction_program/DRAFT_STIP2019-2023/index.htm, and at MoDOT district and regional offices around the state. The formal comment period ends July 6, 2018.

Following the public review period, the comments will be presented to the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission. The Commission will review the comments and the final transportation program before considering it for approval at its July 11 meeting in Springfield.

Also at the meeting, the Commission approved an update of MoDOT’s 2014 Long-Range Transportation Plan. The update took place over the past year in accordance with new federal laws and regulations that require additional content, including safety performance measures and targets.

In the previous effort, four goal areas were established:

• Take care of the transportation system and services we enjoy today;
• Keep all travelers safe, no matter the mode of transportation;
• Invest in projects that spur economic growth and create jobs; and
• Give Missourians better transportation choices.

MoDOT sought public input in fall 2017 to determine if those goals were still valid, or if priorities had changed. Nearly 8,000 people participated in the online survey and submitted about 5,400 comments. Based on that feedback, the four goals above were validated and the updated plan adds a fifth goal:

• Improve reliability and reduce congestion on Missouri’s transportation system.

For the first time, the plan also examines how Missouri should prepare for autonomous and connected vehicles.

– MoDOT Press Release –

 

OSBORN, Mo. – The Route 33 North intersection at U.S. Route 36 will reopen Thursday.

The intersection was closed May 29 as part of the resurfacing and realignment project in DeKalb County near Osborn. The Missouri Department of Transportation contracted with Herzog Contracting Corporation to realign and resurface the westbound lanes of U.S. Route 36 near the junction with Route 33 North and Route M. In order to safely and efficiently pave the newly aligned westbound lanes and reconstruct the Route 33 North intersection, crews closed access to Route 33 from U.S. Route 36 to all traffic.

Crews were able to complete the work one day earlier than anticipated and the intersection should reopen to all traffic by the end of the day Thursday.

Once the intersection reopens, traffic will be able to access Route 33 North from the westbound lanes of U.S. Route 36 only. Motorists will be restricted to right turns only at the Route 33 North/Route M intersection and access across U.S. Route 36 will remain closed. This traffic pattern will remain in place for the remainder of the project, which should be complete in early July. Throughout the project, U.S. Route 36 will remain open, but reduced to one lane each direction, head to head in the eastbound lanes.

Traffic control, signs and message boards are in place alerting motorists of the closure. All work is weather permitting and could be rescheduled.

For more information on this or other MoDOT projects, call 1-888-ASK-MODOT (888-275-6636) or visit www.modot.org/northwest.