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March 26, 2019Jefferson City, MO |  By: AP

Missouri House moving forward with road & bridge expenditure

The Missouri House is moving forward with plans to
spend $100 million on roads and bridges.

A budget proposal up for consideration today in the Republican-led House
would use un-earmarked general tax revenue to pay for infrastructure repairs.

The plan is an alternative to Republican Gov. Mike Parson's plan to borrow
roughly $350 million for bridges.

House Budget Committee Chairman Cody Smith says he intends to set aside another
$100 million for roads for the next several years. He says doing that would save
an estimated $100 million in interest that the state would face under Parson's
borrowing plan.

Several Democratic critics today said Smith's plan would take money from
the same pot that's used to pay for public education, public defenders and care
for people with developmental disabilities.