The Six Biggest Issues of 2016 - "Transportation" is #1 - The Missouri Times

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MoDOT saw a close call with funding last year as revenue exceeded projections and allowed the department to continue receiving their matched federal dollars – though funding overall declined in 2015. After a proposal died in the legislature in 2015, an initiative petition for an increased gas tax, and a cigarette tax are being circulated with sights to increase funding for the beleaguered Department of Transportation. . . .