COLUMBIA, Mo. – Construction is now underway along three stretches of Interstate 70 in Missouri as a $2.8 billion interstate improvement project continues.
In all, 200 miles of interstate will be updated and expanded, with three lanes of traffic going both ways from Blue Springs near Kansas City to Wentzville in St. Charles County.
“We now actively have projects taking place in the middle part of Missouri over on the St. Louis side and over in Kansas City,” Eric Kopinski, the program manager for the Improve I-70 Project, said. “We’re going to keep the machine moving and really keep going with the improvements…