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| | State audit faults Missouri's Department of Transportation |
 | | Missouri, with two major metropolitan areas, has the sixth largest state-maintained highway system in the nation (more than 32,000 miles of road), and MoDOT is also responsible for multi modal operations including mass transit, airports, waterways, and rails. |
 | | Missouri ranks 46th among all states in terms of revenue per mile to support the highway system, with $38,831. |
 | | John Russell, R-Lebanon, vice-chairman of the transportation committee, said he agreed the department needed more funding but that the more important issue of where resources were allocated did not seem to appear in the audit. |
| www.mdn.org /2001/STORIES/MODOT.HTM (460 words) |
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