Missouri Senate President Pro-Tem Discusses I-70

(MISSOURINET) – Missouri Senate President Pro-Tem Caleb Rowden is not in favor of using extra state general revenue to widen I-70 to six lanes, but he backs Governor Mike Parson’s scaled-back version. Senator Caleb Rowden, of Columbia, says his district greatly benefits from the 869-million-dollar investment.

Rowden says that Missouri’s I-70 project and the nearly 70-percent that live within 30 miles of the interstate, will help the state’s economy, but expresses concern with MoDOT’s leadership and how they spend the money that came from the gas tax increase, citing “irresponsible leadership.”