Commission approves request to MoDOT for soft-match credit on Green Bridge project

Highway Administrator Miranda Beadles presented a formal request that the Commission ask the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) to award 'soft match' credit for non-federal funds used on the Green Bridge project. Soft match credit can be applied toward future bridge construction, used in lieu of local funds for state inspections, or sold to other counties, according to the minutes.

Eastern Commissioner Bradley A. Jackson moved to approve the request to MoDOT and Presiding Commissioner Lynn Morris seconded; the motion passed with Jackson and Morris voting aye and Western Commissioner Johnny Williams absent. The minutes record the approval but do not include dollar amounts, timelines, or the precise accounting of the non-federal funds offered as soft match.

The request, as recorded, would allow Christian County to record local expenditures as matchable value under MoDOT rules; the county’s minutes do not specify whether MoDOT has agreed or whether further documentation must be submitted.