MoDOT's Improve I-70 Program includes approximately $29 million in INFRA Grant funds to expand availability of truck parking along the I-70 corridor. This project could include improvements at existing truck parking and rest areas in Odessa, Concordia, Boonville, Mineola, and Wright City.

During peak hours,  all of I-70’s public truck parking areas are over capacity and 75% of truck stops are over capacity. Providing safe off-highway parking reduces the cost of shoulder and guardrail repairs on interstate ramps caused by trucks parking on ramp shoulders and increases safety for all travelers on the road. 

This project will soon transition into a Design-Build project and is one of several which will modernize the I-70 corridor across the state. Since its original construction more than 50 years ago, I-70 has been a vital lifeline for moving people, goods and information across Missouri and beyond.