JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Missouri transportation officials say the agency has saved $177 million so far as part of a five-year plan to cut costs on staff, equipment and facilities.
Department of Transportation Director Kevin Keith says the agency has eliminated 667 staff positions so far - slightly more than half the eventual target. Keith says the department also has closed 23 facilities and disposed of 245 pieces of equipment.
The department is working to eventually close a total 131 facilities and get rid of more than 740 pieces of equipment. By 2015, the agency hopes to have saved $512 million that can be redirected to transportation programs.