News Coverage:

Perry County road project offers protection for the grotto sculpin (January 2018)

Creating Monarch Habitat in Lee’s Summit (June 2017)

Environmental Benefits of Barging (February 2017)

Missouri DOT pioneers roofs to roads efforts, inspires other DOTs to follow suit (February 2017)

Take Risk Out of Asphalt Recycling (January 22, 2017)

Construction Recycling Statistics, 2010-2016

LED lighting conversion saves MoDOT money

When you think of environmentally friendly practices, building roads and bridges might not come to mind. Yet MoDOT strives every day to protect, conserve, restore and enhance our natural resource while dealing withthe challenges of planning, designing, building, maintaining and operating a complex transportation infrastructure.

  Alternative fuels are one way MoDOT is helping the environment. More...

  Recycling also plays a huge role in MoDOT's efforts to watch over the environment. More...

  MoDOT is the national leader in the "roofs to roads" shingle recycling effort. More...

  Many organizations accept shingles for recycling. Here is a list of some. More...

  So how does MoDOT recycle entire roads and bridges? More...

  Resource conservation is another way MoDOT helps the environment. More...

  MoDOT studies environmental impacts before beginning any project. More...

  Want to reduce your Carbon Footprint? Learn how...