MoDOT picks contractor for Improve I-70 portion from Boonville to Rocheport

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

A contractor for the fifth portion of the Improve I-70 Project has been approved, according to a Thursday press release from the Missouri Department of Transportation.

Columbia-based Capital Paving and Construction was awarded the contract, the release says. It will cost roughly $104 million to add a third lane in each direction in the 13-mile stretch from Highway 5 in Boonville to the Missouri River Bridge in Rocheport, the release says.

The groundbreaking is expected to be held this spring, with the project expected to be done by late 2028, the release says.

The Improve I-70 Project aims to make Interstate 70 a three-lane highway across the entire state.