Thursday, November 5, 2009

Safe and Sound Bridge Improvement Program


Wednesday November 4th was an extremely busy day! I went to the station early in the morning to work on my HFR story on non-profits during the recession. I needed to log my interview sound to see what I could use for my story. After I went through all of my interviews, I sat down to write my script. By that time it was about 11 am and it was time to look at story ideas for my dayside live shot for the 5 and 6 pm shows.
I decided to do a story about MODOT's safe and sound bridge improvement program because as of Wednesday they completed over 100 bridges. The program aims to repair and replace bridges across the state. I spoke to the people at MODOT in charge of the program about their construction plans for the future and why this project was so important for Missouri. Most of the bridges average about 60-65 years old so they need to be improved or completely replaced to keep Mid-Missourians safe. I went live for both of the shows off Interstate 70 near the Highway 40 overpass bridge, which is being worked on this coming spring as part of the project. I also used a map graphic in my live shot to show other bridges in and around Boone County, some are complete and some are part of the next phase of the program. The project's goal is to complete all 802 bridges across the state by 2013.
Here is my live shot and my headline from the 6 pm show-enjoy!

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