We’ll learn Wednesday who the design-build contractor will be for the $441-million I-70 improvement project between mid-Missouri’s Rocheport and Columbia.
The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission meets this morning and is expected to discuss and approve the winning contractor. The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) plans an afternoon press conference at Columbia’s Parkade Plaza to discuss the project and the winning contractor.
MoDOT says the $441-million project will rebuild I-70 between Rocheport and Columbia and will add a third lane in each direction.
MoDOT and contractors are currently working on the $405-million project to rebuild and expand I-70 between Columbia and Kingdom City. MoDOT director Ed Hassinger was in the area in November for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the first seven miles of completed I-70 pavement between Columbia and Kingdom City.