A group of citizens and business owners have formed a transportation corporation with the intention of helping fund the project that will add additional lanes to Route 36, making it four lane between Hannibal and Macon.

The group, led by Hannibal businessman Tom Boland, is working to get the final section of highway, from Route 24 to Macon, under construction by June 2008. Eventually, a transportation development district will be formed, which will enable them to ask the voters of the five counties along the corridor to support splitting the cost of construction with MoDOT.