Editing Rogersville, Missouri (section)

==Infrastructure==
The [[Missouri Department of Transportation]] oversaw the construction of ''Project Freeway: U.S. 60 Rogersville'', which was completed in early November 2016. The project included three new interchanges built along [[U.S. Route 60 in Missouri|Highway 60]] and a series of outer roads and backage roads.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.modot.org/southwest/major_projects/ProjectFreeway.htm |title=Project Freeway: U.S. 60 Rogersville |publisher=[[Missouri Department of Transportation]] |access-date=November 20, 2017}}</ref> The project was designed and built by Ozark Regional Road Constructors (ORRC) and was estimated at a cost of $27 million.<ref>{{cite web |last=Southwest District Office |date=June 11, 2014 |url=http://www.modot.org/southwest/news_and_information/District8Release.shtml?action=displaySSI&newsId=195892 |title=Design/Build Team Selected For Major Route 60 Improvements in Rogersville |publisher=[[Missouri Department of Transportation]] |access-date=November 21, 2017}}</ref> The project was recognized by the [[Design–build#Design–build institutes|Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA)]] with the 2017 National Award of Excellence and the Chairman's Award for Community Impact and Social Responsibility for including community components such as the project's "Young Women in Engineering Program, a partnership with the Logan-Rogersville School District, and the Minority Outreach Program at [[Missouri State University]]. The outreach programs used the highway project as a laboratory to expose female high school students to the engineering field and exposed minority students at the university to the highway design and construction industries."<ref>{{cite web |last=Southwest District Office |date=November 17, 2017 |url=http://modot.mo.gov/southwest/news_and_information/District8Release.shtml?action=displaySSI&newsId=213574 |title=Project Freeway: U.S. 60 Rogersville Wins National Award of Excellence |publisher=[[Missouri Department of Transportation]] |access-date=November 21, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dbia.org/awards/2017-Project-Team-Awards/Pages/default.aspx |title=2017 Design-Build Project/Team Awards |publisher=[[Design–build#Design–build institutes|Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA)]] |access-date=November 21, 2017}}</ref>

In December 2016, improved [[Level crossing|railroad crossings]] were completed in Rogersville along Route B. The project was a partnership between the City of Rogersville, [[BNSF Railway]], and the [[Missouri Department of Transportation]] and was estimated at a cost of $6.7 million.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.modot.org/southwest/major_projects/RogersvilleRRCrossingImprovements.htm |title=Webster County Route B Relocation/Railroad Crossing Improvements Rogersville |publisher=[[Missouri Department of Transportation]] |access-date=November 21, 2017}}</ref>

In 2019, Rogersville was experiencing substantial residential development and was described as "the next boom" in Southwest Missouri by ''Springfield Business Journal''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Boaz |first=Kyle |date=July 29, 2019 |url=https://sbj.net/stories/the-next-boom-officials-see-rogersville-as-next-swmo-town-primed-for-development,64826 |title=The Next Boom: Officials See Rogersville as Next SWMO Town Primed for Development |newspaper=Springfield Business Journal |access-date=May 10, 2020}}</ref> The unprecedented growth was estimated to increase the town's population by at least 50% in 2018–2020.<ref>{{cite web |last=Wood |first=Emily |date=July 25, 2018 |url=https://www.ky3.com/content/news/City-of-Rogersville-experiencing-unprecedented-population-growth-489164241.html |title=City of Rogersville Experiencing Unprecedented Population Growth |publisher=[[KYTV (TV)|KY3 News]] |access-date=May 10, 2020}}</ref> A new $100 million development of housing and commercial space was constructed in response to the increased population growth.<ref>{{cite web |last=Frost |first=Taylor |date=February 1, 2019 |title=New $100 Million Development Planned for Rogersville |publisher=[[KYTV (TV)|KY3 News]] |url=https://www.ky3.com/content/news/New-100-million-development-planned-to-be-built-in-Rogersville-505228261.html |access-date=July 13, 2020}}</ref> The population growth has also strained city resources including the local police force.<ref>{{cite web |last=Wood |first=Emily |date=August 15, 2018 |title=City of Rogersville Looks for Ways to Grow Tax Revenue After Ballot Issue Fails |url=https://www.ky3.com/content/news/City-of-Rogersville-looks-for-retail-growth-to-help-with-tax-revenues-after-ballot-issue-fails-490961801.html |publisher=[[KYTV (TV)|KY3 News]] |access-date=July 13, 2020}}</ref>

On April 30, 2019, an [[Enhanced Fujita scale|EF2 tornado]] impacted 75 houses in the Rogersville area.<ref>{{cite web |last=Watson |first=Frances |date=May 2, 2019 |title=Cleanup Continues in Rogersville After EF 2 Tornado Hits Dozens of Homes |url=https://www.ky3.com/content/news/Cleanup-continues-in-Rogersville-after-EF-2-tornado-hits-dozens-of-homes-509363131.html |publisher=[[KYTV (TV)|KY3 News]] |access-date=July 13, 2020}}</ref> Nine [[school bus]]es were also badly damaged and required the City to borrow school buses from [[Ozark, Missouri]] to continue running bus routes.<ref>{{cite news |last=Riley |first=Claudette |date=May 1, 2019 |title=Nine School Buses in Logan-Rogersville District Badly Damaged by Reported Tornado |url=https://www.news-leader.com/story/news/education/2019/05/01/likely-tornado-damage-school-buses-logan-rogersville-missouri/3639146002/ |newspaper=[[Springfield News-Leader]] |access-date=July 13, 2020}}</ref> Another EF1 tornado crossed Rogersville on [[Tornado outbreak of October 20–22, 2019|October 21, 2019]], but was more limited and only "damaged trees and outbuildings".<ref>{{cite web |date=October 21, 2019 |title=The National Weather Service Confirmed 2 Tornadoes From Overnight Storms |url=https://www.ozarksfirst.com/local-news/the-national-weather-service-confirmed-2-tornadoes-from-overnight-storms/ |publisher=OzarksFirst |access-date=July 13, 2020}}</ref>

Construction is set to begin in 2023 for a new $22 million interchange system at [[U.S. Route 60 in Missouri|U.S. Route 60]] and [[Missouri Route 125|Highway 125]] to improve safety, reduce vehicle crashes, and reduce traffic congestion.<ref>{{cite web |last=Simmons |first=Linda |date=May 20, 2020 |title=MoDOT Announces Plan for Interchange Upgrade on U.S. Route 60 in Rogersville |url=https://www.ky3.com/content/news/MoDOT-announces-plan-for-interchange-upgrade-on-US-60-in-Rogersville-570629241.html |publisher=[[KYTV (TV)|KY3 News]] |access-date=July 12, 2020}}</ref> The construction project will be completed by November 2024.<ref>{{cite web |last=Hickman |first=Joe |date=January 20, 2023 |title=New Highway 60/125 Interchange Between Springfield-Rogersville Has Some Businesses Worried About the Effects of Construction |url=https://www.ky3.com/2023/01/21/new-highway-60125-interchange-between-springfield-rogersville-has-some-businesses-worried-about-effects-construction/ |publisher=[[KYTV (TV)|KY3 News]] |access-date=February 4, 2023}}</ref>