Westbound I-70 reopens after $65M bridge reconstruction project wraps up a year late
A major traffic pain in Kansas City is finally over — a year after its planned conclusion.
Although heavy flooding in 2019 prevented construction workers from accessing pier sites for several months, the completion of the $65 million reconstruction of the Lewis and Clark Viaduct that links Kansas City, Kansas, and Kansas City, Missouri, was celebrated Monday by Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly, U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids (D-Kansas), Kansas Transportation Secretary Julie Lorenz and David Alvey, mayor of the…