Plans to extend the life of Route A before a full road overlay are moving forward as Missouri Department of Transportation engineers work to shift the project higher on the state’s priority list. Commissioners recently met with District Engineer Greg Bolon and Area Engineer Ravi Neupane to review progress and discuss ways future funding could accelerate repairs. Bolon noted Route A has been added to the Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) but remains an unfunded project. “Our plan was to patch this summer, patch some more next summer and hopefully get Route A more ready to be able to last longer before we do an overlay,” said Bolon. “Currently, I think Route A is unfunded and on STIP. I can’t make you any promises, but it is a goal of ours to try to move that up as we find funding available. We put twice the amount of asphalt this year as we hopefully by that time, it would make it ready for as early as 2027, 2028.” Commissioners thanked MoDOT for completing twice…