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19
Sep

New Freight Lanes on I-70

Author: Jason Bean, Category: Business, Downtown, News, Surrounding Indianapolis

We’re still not wrapped up on the Super 70 project and now they’re talking about adding four new lanes to I-70 that would be reserved for semi-trucks only?

Imagine four new lanes on Interstate 70 built only for trucks. That scenario could emerge from a feasibility study funded yesterday by the U.S. Department of Transportation. A coalition of Indiana, Illinois, Missouri and Ohio received $3 million to recommend ways to speed freight on the interstate. Missouri received an additional $2 million to study its own truck traffic. “This is the first step in perhaps having dedicated truck lanes going through a four-state corridor,” said Indiana Department of Transportation spokesman Andy Dietrick.

I’m sure this announcement has more to do with the areas to the east and west of Indianapolis on I-70. It sounds to me though that if that change did happen, coming through Indianapolis would become a bottleneck again.

Source: Four new truck lanes for I-70 on IBJ