Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Ike Skelton (D-MO) announced that the Missouri Department of Transportation will release more than $32 million in road construction projects in Missouri’s Fourth Congressional District.  These funds were made available by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. 

          “I was pleased to learn that communities throughout the Fourth District will receive Recovery Act funding for several road improvement, bridge construction, and road resurfacing projects.  These projects will create jobs, but will also improve highway safety, which is particularly important for rural Missourians who tend to travel greater distances to work or take care of family business,” said Skelton.
 
           The road construction projects in Missouri’s Fourth Congressional District include:

 Barton County, Route 71, $4,516,427
 Barton County, Route 71, $3,667,352
 Barton County, Route 71, $3,681,745
 Bates County, Route 52, $212,207 
 Bates County, Route 71, $5,096,727
 Benton County, Route 7, $5,026,449
 Benton County, Route 83, $2,399,215
 Benton County, Route 65, $1,497,731
 Cass County, Route 2, $504,708
 Cole/Boone Counties, Route O, $289,969
 Henry County, Route 52, $509,559
 Johnson County, Route 131, $1,209,709
 Moniteau County, Route 87, $485,179
 Polk County, Route 215, $433,621
 Polk/Greene Counties, Route H, $1,993,027
 St. Clair County, Route 52, $192,376
 Webster County, Route PP/FF, $79,771
 Webster County, Route K, $60,131
 Webster County, Route B, $226,669

More information about the funding is available online at the MoDOT website and at the Recovery.gov website.

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Congressman Ike Skelton (D-MO) serves as Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee . For further information, please contact Rebecca Loving or Jason Rauch at 202-225-2876, or check Congressman Skelton’s website at http://www.house.gov/skelton.