Public Comment Period: FY 2026-2029 Transportation Improvement Program Amendment 2
FY 2026-2029 Transportation Improvement Program Amendment 2 Packet
Multiple changes are proposed for Amendment Number 2 to the FY 2026-2029 Transportation Improvement Program and can be found in the attached packet.
- *New* Route 160 Pavement Replacement (GR2601)
MoDOT has requested to add a project for scoping pavement improvements on US 160 for a total programmed amount of $154,000. - *Revised* I-44 Safety Project (MO2521)
MoDOT has requested additional adjustments and the inclusion of Joplin and Springfield contributions to the I-44 Safety Project for a new total programmed amount of $512,592,960. - *New* Scoping for Safety Improvements on Route MM (RP2603)
MoDOT has requested to add a scoping project for safety improvements on Route MM for a total programmed amount of $170,000. - *Removed* Corridor Improvements on Hwy 13 (SP2606)
This project has been combined into MO2521 – I-44 Safety Project. - *New* Corridor Improvements on Hwy 13 (SP2607)
MoDOT has requested to add a scoping project for corridor improvements on Highway 13 for a total programmed amount of $600,000. - *New* Campbell Avenue – Westview/Primrose Streets to Republic Road (SP2608)
Springfield has requested to add a project to buy ROW for future improvements on Campbell Avenue for a total programmed amount of $450,000. - *New* Kansas Avenue – Walnut Lawn to Maplewood (SP2609)
Springfield has requested to add a project to buy ROW for future improvements on Kansas Avenue for a total programmed amount of $500,000. - *New* 2026 STBG Resurfacing – Various Routes (SP2610)
Springfield has requested to add a project for resurfacing various routes in Springfield for a total programmed amount of $3,000,000. - *New* Regional Transportation Planning (SP2611)
OTO is requesting to add a project for regional transportation planning, in partnership with Springfield’s Safe Streets and Roads for All Supplemental Planning Grant, for a total programmed amount of $125,000. - *New* US 60/65 Study (OT2601)
OTO is requesting to add a project for a US 60/65 Access and Operational Study for a total programmed amount of $1,000,000.
How to comment:
Online: http://giveusyourinput.org
Email: comment@ozarkstransportation.org
Fax: 417-862-6013
In writing: OTO, 2208 W. Chesterfield Blvd., Suite 101, Springfield, MO 65807
The public comment period will end on November 19, 2025 at 5 p.m. The OTO Board of Directors will review and consider approving the Amendment at their November 20, 2025 Board Meeting, held at 12:00 noon. After reviewing recommendations and entertaining public comment, the OTO Board of Directors will decide whether to formally adopt the Amendment.
For more information, contact: Natasha Longpine, Transportation Planning Manager, Ozarks Transportation Organization, 2208 W. Chesterfield Boulevard, Suite 101, Springfield, Missouri 65807, 417-865-3042.
Ozarks Transportation Organization is your Springfield-regional Metropolitan Planning Organization, or MPO. The MPO is a body of elected and appointed members who work together with local, state and federal elected officials and policy-makers, serving to make funding and planning decisions for transportation within the Springfield, MO region.
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