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Supplementary Project Mode(s):
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* Active Transportation * Bridge
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This corridor is located in Kansas City and Independence. The existing system will be improved by constructing operational and safety improvements to the corridor. These improvements may include adding a lane on I-70 to accommodate the traffic, as well as TSMO strategies that include ramp metering and a potential for hard shoulder running for busses during peak hours, along with bridge and pavement improvements throughout the corridor to improve the system condition. This corridor is one of the most congested areas in the Kansas City area. The crash statistics along the corridor would be improved by reducing the number of crashes and improving the travel speed to be more reliable. While providing this greater level of service to the public, the freight and transit communities will also benefit from the reduced travel time, greater reliability and safety improvements. This project is part of the National Highway Freight Network Routes as a Primary Highway Freight System Route.
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The key strategies that have been identified include: 1. Remove the key bottlenecks that occur at Lees Summit Road, Noland Road and I-435. 2. Add auxiliary lanes and/or extend acceleration and deceleration lanes to key locations to facilitate easier merge and diverge decisions for the traveling public. 3. Address all or most of the location with crash rates above statewide average by having targeted solutions that may include additional signing or high friction surface treatment. 4. Restore or Maintain the existing infrastructure. There will be one additional bridge (RR bridge, west of Noland Road) that will need to be replaced to accommodate additional capacity. The pavement condition will be addressed during this project, this section of I-70 has pavement from 1960s that should need rehabilitation before it is widened. 5. Improving the accessibility for non-motorized modes by created or improving the bicycle or pedestrian accommodations.
This section of I-70 serves 124,481 vehicles per day and 46,708 trucks per day at the western limit of I-435 and 112,204 vehicles per day and 41,147 vehicles per day on the eastern limit of I-470. Also, this project is part of the National Highway Freight Network Routes as a Primary Highway Freight System Route.
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