KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) is celebrating a major milestone in the Improve I-70 expansion project, with crews nearly completing a critical stretch of highway Monday morning.
MoDOT hosted a ribbon-cutting Monday to mark the near completion of an additional third lane and pavement replacement in segments between Blue Springs and Grain Valley, as well as Lafayette County.
The segments included:
- Segment 1: Blue Springs to Grain Valley, mile markers 20 through 24
- Segment 5: Route M/O to MO Route H in Lafayette County, mile markers 41 through 45
According to MoDOT, both directions of I-70 in Segment 1 on the western end of the project limits will soon open to three lanes. Segment 5 on the eastern end will remain striped for two lanes until the project ends sometime in 2028…