The public is invited to join the discussion on priority unfunded transportation needs in the Kansas City Region with Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) staff in Warrensburg on Wednesday, August 9. The meeting will be held from 5-7 p.m. at the Warrensburg Municipal Center located at 200 South Holden Street.

Missouri’s transportation system is a tremendous asset, including 33,808 miles of roads and 10,424 bridges, making it one of the largest for any state in the nation. MoDOT, working with its regional planning partners, has outlined a draft High Priority Unfunded Needs listing, which identifies $1.1 billion in annual unfunded transportation needs for the system. The list was created to guide the development of needs into funded projects as state and federal transportation funds become available in future years.
The public is invited to review the list and provide feedback on the order of priorities that could be funded in the future.

MoDOT staff worked with metropolitan planning organizations and regional planning commissions throughout the state to develop a list of high priority unfunded road and bridge needs. The draft lists include $4.7 billion in road and bridge needs in three tiers. Tier one includes $552 million and includes needs that could be accomplished in the time of the current five-year Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) as federal and state funding levels increase. These needs have good estimates. Tier two is worth $2.1 billion and includes needs beyond the current STIP time frame with broader estimates. Tier three includes $2 billion of needs also beyond the current STIP time frame with broader estimates. In addition, MoDOT staff worked with planning partners to identify $1 billion in multi modal needs.
The draft document and comment forms will be available online through August 31, 2023.

The documents and comment forms can be found at https://www.modot.org/unfundedneeds.