Missouri Governor Mike Parson Explains I-72 Veto
July 31, 2023 11:33AM CDT
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson announces that the state is switching to an endemic phase of handling COVID-19 during news conference on Wednesday, March 30, 2022, at the state Capitol in Jefferson City, Missouri. Parson declared that “the COVID-19 crisis is over” in Missouri. (AP Photo/David A. Lieb)
Governor Mike Parson says he vetoed the money to study whether U-S Highway 36 should become I-72, because the proper groundwork hasn’t been laid yet.
Parson used his line-item veto pen to scratch out a two-point-five million dollar appropriation to study the feasibility of turning 36 into an interstate:
Parson says lawmakers added between 600-to-700 Million dollars worth of transportation projects at the end of the legislative session.
He says he had to consider whether projects would benefit the state as a whole.
