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<div style="font-size: 110%; line-height:150%;"><h1 style="clear:both; margin-top: 75px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 130%;">[Schedule Update] East leg of I-70 Drive Southeast to close for roundabout construction at intersection of Keene Street and I-70 Drive Southeast beginning Monday, June 15</h1>
<div class="content"><span style="padding-left: 50px;">(COLUMBIA, MO)</span> - <p style="display:inline;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The east leg of I-70 Drive Southeast will close for the continued construction of the single-lane roundabout at the intersection of Keene Street and I-70 Drive Southeast beginning Monday, June 15. This is a continuation of the project that began Monday, June 1. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Access to and from Keene Street will be maintained throughout the project with some lane restrictions. The east side of the closure will remain accessible via the St. Charles Road Exit on Interstate 70. The goal is to complete the project by Fall 2020.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Roundabouts are designed to improve safety for all users. Per the AASHTO Highway Safety Manual, roundabouts reduce the types of crashes where people are seriously hurt or killed by 78-82% by reducing the number and severity of conflict points and due to the lower speeds of vehicles moving through the intersection.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">An interested parties meeting for the project was held March 15, 2016, and the project was approved by City Council Feb. 5, 2018, after a public hearing. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">The estimated investment is $832,000, with 50% of the funding from a Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) cost-share program. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Updates to the project will be shared online and via social media. Complete details are available at </span><a href="http://como.gov/PublicWorks/Keene-intersection-improvement"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CoMo.gov/PublicWorks/Keene-intersection-improvement</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Original Press Release:<br /></span><strong>Roundabout construction at intersection of Keene Street and I-70 Drive Southeast to begin Monday, June 1<br /></strong><a href="https://www.como.gov/CMS/pressreleases/view.php?id=6776"><span style="font-weight: 400;">https://www.como.gov/CMS/pressreleases/view.php?id=6776</span></a></p></div>
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