Missouri’s Historic Investment in I-70 Set to Attract New Business

This article originally ran on Fox 2 Now on September 22, 2023.

Missouri is making some large investments to improve railroads and interstates, and they’re expected to help the state’s business community grow.

The largest item in this year’s state budget is the $2.8 billion plan to improve Interstate 70 from St. Louis to Kansas City. Besides bringing relief to drivers, it’s estimated to attract new businesses to the state and grow existing companies.

Lawmakers allocated a historic amount of money to MoDOT to update railroad crossings and…