Lee’s Summit, Missouri - KC Scout, a bi-state initiative between the Missouri and Kansas Departments of Transportation to provide travel and traffic information and service for the Kansas City metro area, suffered a cyberattack on April 25. For the past several weeks, efforts to restore KC Scout services have been underway.
After more than a week of successful testing, on the morning of Thursday, June 20, motorists on Kansas City metro highways will see real-time messages displayed on the highway digital signs. Returning real-time information is considered the first step to restoring all KC Scout systems and services.
Additional restoration efforts continue and include having the website operational, camera views available online, and camera stream access for media partners. An update will be provided as service restoration nears for both the public and the media.
The DOTs and KC Scout thank everyone for their patience during the service outage and as efforts toward complete service restoration continues.
The Kansas and Missouri DOTs remind motorists that emergency services are still available in Kansas and Missouri. Kansas Highway Patrol Motorist Assist Vehicle (MAV) continue to proactively run routes and respond to incidents in their jurisdiction. MoDOT Emergency Response Continue to proactively run routes and respond to incidents in their jurisdiction.
Immediate and critical traffic information impacting the KC metro area is being shared through modot.org in Missouri and KanDrive.gov in Kansas. While data is not available via KC Scout cameras, message boards or website, the Missouri and Kansas traveler information sites, apps, and phone numbers are providing traffic conditions and lane closures from rush hour, construction and crash information in the KC metro area.
Information is available via phone and website/app:
- Missouri: Call 888.275.6636 or visit modot.org
- Kansas: Call 511 or visit KanDrive.gov
MoDOT and KDOT remind travelers to drive safely based on current road conditions and traffic flow.