Alongside I-70, a freeway that begins in Utah and winds east by means of the Midwest earlier than terminating close to Baltimore, two states are gearing up for main street enchancment work.
Officers in Missouri broke floor final week on an I-70 extension venture from Warrenton to Wentzville, in keeping with a March 20 information launch from the Missouri DOT. The work contract is price $600 million, which is the most important single contract within the state DOT’s historical past. The funding comes from Missouri’s fiscal yr 2024 price range and beforehand allotted money within the state’s program for different I-70 and I-64 initiatives, in keeping with the discharge.
Missouri DOT awarded the contract to the Enhance 70 Alliance, a design-build three way partnership made up of Columbia, Missouri-based Emery Sapp and Sons; Topeka, Kansas-based Bartlett and West; and Kansas Metropolis, Missouri-based companies Clarkson Building and HNTB.
As a part of the work, Enhance 70 Alliance will construct a 3rd lane in every path from Warrenton to I-64 in Wentzville and change the present I-70 lanes with new full-depth concrete pavement, per the discharge. The contractors will even add a 3rd lane of journey to eastbound and westbound I-64 between I-70 and Route Okay.
Within the Sunflower State
In Kansas, Bettis Koss Building — a JV of Topeka-based Bettis Asphalt & Building and Koss Building Co. — has damaged floor on the I-70 Polk-Quincy Viaduct venture, Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly introduced on March 14.
The development extends alongside a 2.5-mile stretch of I-70 from Macvicar Avenue to sixth Avenue and native roadways in Topeka, in keeping with the information launch. Funding for the venture comes from the Kansas DOT’s Eisenhower Legacy Transportation Program, a 10-year, almost $10 billion funding that goals to enhance the state’s transportation infrastructure, per this system web page.
The crew will change the getting older viaduct, in keeping with the venture web page, in an effort to improve security, scale back congestion and enhance connectivity to surrounding communities.
Work is underway and can proceed by means of to late 2027 per the discharge. In 2025, groups will concentrate on developing the brand new viaduct and widening I-70 west to Macvicar, in keeping with the venture web page.
“Whereas the Polk-Quincy viaduct has served the group for over 60 years, we’re investing in a contemporary and extra environment friendly I-70 that can higher serve residents, companies and guests effectively into the longer term,” Kelly informed attendees on the groundbreaking ceremony on March 14.
