Project Resources:

• MoDOT Partners with Communities
• MoDOT's Recycling Efforts Lead in State

In addition to recycling, MoDOT also has strong conservation programs, including:

• MoDOT - in conjunction with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - created a 30-acre wetland within a Jackson County Park on the east fork of the Little Blue River, downstream of the Blue Springs Lake dam. This rich oasis includes a handicapped-accessible wildlife viewing area and a parking lot. 

• Under the Trees for Tomorrow program, MoDOT and its partner, the Missouri Department of Conservation, are providing half a million trees a year to youth groups throughout the state through 2012. The program helps replace trees taken down during highway construction.

• Using LEDs in traffic signals saves about $1.2 million in utility costs each year.

• MoDOT replaced wetlands at a rate of three acres to one on projects. The agency also helps clean up hazardous waste sites encountered when building highways.

•  To conserve energy and paper, MoDOT has begun providing project plans via the Internet, a move that will save about $200,000 a year.

• When planting grass seed at construction sites, MoDOT often sprays a green material made from recycled paper to hold down the straw keeping the grass seed in place.

• The Route 40 bridge, demolished and rebuilt in 2010, and the Blue Ridge Cutoff (George Brett) bridge are 100% recyclable.

• When kcICON is complete in July 2011, more than 36,000 tons of material will be recycled, including 6,000 tons of the existing Paseo Bridge. In addition, each LED light on the new Christopher S. Bond Bridge that will be erected as part of the project will last for about 50,000 hours.

All debris from the Route 40
Bridge was recycled.