As a part of its "Road to Tomorrow" initiative to develop new ways with private partners to pay for infrastructure, the Missouri Department of Transportation is seeking pilot project proposals to test whether technology services that customers would be willing to pay for could be built into a Missouri highway.

MoDOT said the project will evaluate if "smart pavement" systems can make roads sustainably self-funded by providing value-added wireless services that would support both mobile communications connectivity and next-generation electric, connected and autonomous vehicles.

"We want to see if interstate travel-ways can become a platform to generate revenue through the collection and transmission of technology and data services," Road to Tomorrow Team Lead Tom Blair said.

MoDOT wants initial proposals by Oct. 31, and plans to select a best-value proposer early in 2017.

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