MO-DOT’S McKenna gives update on I-70 expansion

Construction on expanding Interstate 70 to six lanes across Missouri is scheduled to begin next summer, though the exact start date remains unclear.

 Mo-DOT director Patrick McKenna says, though, they expect to bring the first construction contract before the Highways and Transportation Commission for approval in February:

McKenna telling Newstalk KZRG:  “Our first project is going to be the interchange at 63 and 70 in Columbia headed east to Kingdom city – that interchange of 54 and 70 – and all parts in between, so about a 19-mile project.”

 That project alone is expected to take about three years, wrapping up in late 2027.

 The entire expansion of I-70 is estimated to take anywhere from four to five years, according to MoDOT’s Improve I-70 website.