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The Missouri Department of Transportation is trying to make one of the states major highways into a toll road and legislation will be introduced in January. |
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Wrap: The Republican House Floor Leader Tim Jones isn't ruling out the possibility of making I-70 a toll road.
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Description: "For transportation, we have a major issue in the state, and we're going to have to consider all potential solutions at this point in time." |
But another member of House leadership Speaker Pro Tem Shane Schoeller says there's no way.
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Description: "I'm opposed to toll roads for our state. I think that that's the wrong direction. If we were going to make that decision it would have been made years ago." |
The department of transportation introduced it to improve the interstate and possibly add a lane in each direction.
Reporting from the state Capitol, I'm Matt Evans.