Contractor picked for I-70 truck parking project

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission has picked a contractor for the Improve I-70: Truck Parking project, according to a Wednesday press release from the Missouri Department of Transportation.

KCI construction Team was picked for the projects in Concordia, Boonville, Mineola and Wright City, the release says. The truck parking project is a part of the Improve I-70 Project, which aims to make the interstate a three-lane highway on both sides across the state.

 About $33 million of the project in grant funding is to be used for expand truck parking along Interstate 70, the release says. MoDOT claims all of the public truck parking areas along I-70 are over capacity and 75% of private truck stops are also over capacity.

According to the release, the proposal for the contractor includes:

• Pavement improvements and parking expansion at existing Concordia, Boonville, Mineola, and Wright City rest areas.
• 255 additionaltruck parking stalls, totaling 506 available public truck parking stalls across the I-70 corridor.
• 195 car parking stalls and five RV parking stalls.
• Bathroom remodels at the Wright City and Concordia locations.
• Lighting upgrades at all locations.
• 17 acres of pollinator habitat planting spread across multiple sites

The project is expected to be completed by Dec. 1, 2028, the release says.