Show Me Minute: Transportation

Show-Me Institute Podcast

Show-Me Minute: Transportation Kicking the can down the road was fun as a kid, but it’s not good public policy when you grow up. And that’s what our officials are doing with Missouri roads. Look, MoDot says I-70 desperately needs to be rebuilt, and the cost for that and other big projects will be in the billions of dollars. How about hiking the state’s gas tax? It’s one of the lowest in the country, and hasn’t been raised in more than 20 years. So what about toll roads? Modern ones are electronic with no delays…it’s a user fee so those who drive the roads pay most of the cost. But Missouri lawmakers just said no to even studying toll roads this fiscal year. So where’s the money going to come from? We can just keep doing what we have been doing. But kicking the can down the road will only make that road more expensive. Check out our 2017 Missouri Blueprint: Moving Missouri Forward at showmeinstitute.org