Changes Coming for Interstate 70 Project

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Reconstruction of Interstate 70 between Route 7 and Route 291 will move into its next phase beginning Saturday, June 18.

Early Saturday morning, crews will close the ramp from westbound I-70 to northbound Route 291 on the project’s west end. The ramp will remain closed until mid-October.

In addition, workers will relocate barrier and complete temporary striping throughout the project area from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. That work will occasionally reduce traffic to one lane in each direction, so motorists should expect significant delays both days.

Inclement weather could postpone this weekend’s work.

Next weekend, crews are scheduled to close the Route 7 entrance ramp to westbound I-70 on the project’s east end. That ramp will also remain closed until mid-October.

By late June, motorists will be driving on two lanes of the new westbound I-70 pavement in the project’s middle section. The Woods Chapel Road entrance ramp to westbound I-70 will reopen at that time.

The work on the westbound lanes is part of a two-year effort to rebuild five miles of Interstate 70 between Route 7 and Route 291/I-470. The $40 million project is scheduled for completion this fall.