Rolling roadblocks planned for I-70 near Missouri River

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

Rolling roadblocks are planned this week on Interstate 70 near the Missouri River, according to Monday press release from the Missouri Department of Transportation.

“Blasting operations” are scheduled for 2 p.m. Tuesday and 2 p.m. Friday as part of the Improve I-70 Project, according to the release.

Contractors will use explosives “to blast portions of the rock alongside the interstate between Boone County Route BB and the Missouri River,” the release says.

Short-term closures of the ramp from Route BB onto westbound Interstate 70 will be required, as will “rolling interstate roadblocks,” the release says.  

The closures are expected to last 15 minutes apiece.