MODOT Proposes 1 cent tax increase
From Missouri Digital News: https://mdn.org
MDN Menu

MDN Home

Journalist's Creed

Print

MDN Help

MDN.ORG: Missouri Digital News
MDN Menu

MDN Home

Journalist's Creed

Print

MDN Help

MDN.ORG Mo. Digital News Missouri Digital News MDN.ORG: Mo. Digital News MDN.ORG: Missouri Digital News
Lobbyist Money Help  

MODOT Proposes 1 cent tax increase

Date: January 24, 2013
By: Ke'yanna Johnson
State Capitol Bureau

Intro: 
Transportation officials say an additional one-cent sales tax increase could provide additional jobs rebuilding Missouri highways.
RunTime:  0:35
OutCue:  SOC

Wrap: Kevin Keith, Director of Missouri's department of transportation says they can stimulate economic growth if they had the money.

The generated money from the sales increase would help fund highway projects including rebuilding Interstate 70.

Actuality:  MODOT3.WAV
Run Time:  00:15
Description: "We're ready to rebuild interstate 70. We will get started in twelve months and rebuild the entire road in 5 years.And to give you some idea of its impact, it creates 70 to 100,000 in that one project."

MODOT is pushing for the  tax increase to take affect in 2015.

From the state Capitol, I'm Ke'yanna Johnson.