Story Published:
Feb 28, 2008 at 11:30 PM CDT
Story Updated:
Feb 29, 2008 at 1:28 AM CDT
The Missouri Department of Transportation will be billions of dollars short for construction projects as soon as next year. That looming financial crisis has one group calling for toll roads.
The Show-Me Institute says tolls have proven to be a cost-effective solution in others states, and it urges lawmakers to consider it as an option. But its toll plan for Interstate 44 would most likely target just one group -- truckers, who would get a toll lane.