WARRENSBURG, Mo. - State and local officials will join MoDOT on Monday to recognize a milestone for the Route 13 East Loop highway construction project in Warrensburg. The group will ceremonially move orange cones to open the westbound Route 50 bridge over the new Route 13 corridor east of town. The event marks a halfway point in construction of the new 7-mile-long segment of the Route 13 East Loop, which is expected to open late next year.

WHAT:                Route 13 East Loop ‘Cone Moving'

WHEN:                10 a.m. Monday, November 9, 2009

WHERE:             Westbound Route 50 bridge near Route HH 1 mile east of Warrensburg

WHO:                  MoDOT; State Sen. William Stouffer; State Representative Denny Hoskins; Johnson County Commissioners Bill Brenner, Destry Hough and Scott Sader; Lafayette County Commissioner Tracy Dyer; Mo. Highway 13 Corridor Committee President Bill Bernier; Dr. Aaron Podolefsky of UCM; Warrensburg City officials; and Lt. Col. Samuel White III, 393^rd Bomb Squadron, Whiteman Air Force Base.

If you have further questions, contact Steve Porter at 816-622-6329.