MoDOT Director Pete Rahn has received a well-deserved award from Governing Magazine for his work at MoDOT. I eagerly second the award. (A quick note on Governing: I used to read it regularly. You might assume that most of the writers and readers here, coming from a free-market perspective, would hate a magazine dedicated to government. But, honestly, it’s not as terrible as you might imagine.)

Here’s the key quote from the award, via the MoDOT presser:

Governing magazine specifically praised Rahn’s ability to “partner with the private sector in unique ways to build large-scale transportation projects quickly and affordably.”

That is definitely something worth praising.