Top Missouri lawmaker unveils $2.8B plan to expand I-70
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By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A powerful Missouri state senator has unveiled a $2.8 billion plan to widen Interstate 70 to at least three lanes across the state. The Senate Appropriations Committee chairman on Tuesday proposed paying for half of the project with bonds.
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By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A powerful Missouri state senator has unveiled a $2.8 billion plan to widen Interstate 70 to at least three lanes across the state. The Senate Appropriations Committee chairman on Tuesday proposed paying for half of the project with bonds.
Half the project would be funded with bonds. Lincoln Hough estimated the state would pay around $132 million a year over for at most 15 years to pay it off.
The proposed Missouri state budget grew by more than $2 billion Tuesday as the Senate Appropriations Committee dipped into the massive state surplus to widen Interstate 70 from Wentzville to
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