[Springfield Transportation]

The road will be upgraded to a freeway from springfield to Rogersville in a few years with a cost of $75-$100 million for interchange upgrades and outer roads.

Edit: Its Rogersville, not Republic.

http://www.sbj.net/article.asp?aID=1520290...&aID2=79608

[Downtown Springfield in Pictures]

He is the owner os JQH Hotels Inc., the largest independently owned hotel co. in the nation. He is headquartered right here in Springfield and his office is on the 20th floor of that tall balck building (4 floors from the top). I wouldn't say that he loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooaded but LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOADED! He is one of America's top 100 richest people and has been for as many years as I can remember. Thats why you see his name on everything in town........he doesn't know what to do with all of his money. For instance he gave 25 million to MSU for the new $60 mil. arena they are building and what do you think it will be called...................THE JQH ARENA! Big shock, I know.

I know I'm responding to a post that is just over a year old but I have to correct you, Hammons is not that rich compared to others on the National Scale, He is probably not even close to being in the top 1,000 which takes about a $BILLION DOLLAR net worth.

http://www.forbes-global.com/lists/2006/10...uri_Rank_1.html

And looking at the richest private companies in Missouri, I dont see Hammons Hotels but Bass Pro is on the list ranked 186 Nationally with just under $2 Billion in revenue last year which I'm guessing is $50+ million in profit

http://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/21/biz_06...s-MO_3Rank.html

[Springfield Transportation]

Diamond intersections are lame and back up traffic becuase of all the stoplights, 44/Glenstone should be a single point intersection on the bridge like sunshine/65 is under the bridges.

[Springfield Transportation]

North-south: Kansas Expressway will be 3 lanes in each direction soon as you can see the extra lanes are there in the new interchanges at battlefield and sunshine but there needs to be some major upgrades around the I-44 intersection to make to make the route a quick trip accross the city with not all that many waits at stoplights

East-west: chesnut would be easy to upgrade through the middle of the city as there are no driveways on it but the road. I think it would have to be re-routed as it approches US-65 becuase of all the buisnesses dirrectly on the road.