Post by Logan on Apr 12, 2016 4:39:38 GMT -6
Lawmaker floats plan to sell naming rights for Missouri roads
JEFFERSON CITY • Missouri could become the latest state to try and transform bridges and roadways into cash money.
Just as sports stadiums are named after their corporate sponsors, legislation pending in the Missouri House would allow the state to lease naming rights to sections of highways and bridges to companies.
Motorists could someday be crisscrossing the Show-Me State on the Hooters Highway or the Overstock.com Overpass.
Rep. Bart Korman, R-High Hill, said auctioning off the naming rights of state resources is a way to generate dollars without raising taxes.
Read more: www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/lawmaker-floats-plan-to-sell-naming-rights-for-missouri-roads/article_31928058-6500-552c-8461-7e7a2457cc96.html
JEFFERSON CITY • Missouri could become the latest state to try and transform bridges and roadways into cash money.
Just as sports stadiums are named after their corporate sponsors, legislation pending in the Missouri House would allow the state to lease naming rights to sections of highways and bridges to companies.
Motorists could someday be crisscrossing the Show-Me State on the Hooters Highway or the Overstock.com Overpass.
Rep. Bart Korman, R-High Hill, said auctioning off the naming rights of state resources is a way to generate dollars without raising taxes.
Read more: www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/lawmaker-floats-plan-to-sell-naming-rights-for-missouri-roads/article_31928058-6500-552c-8461-7e7a2457cc96.html