KDOT release
Geary County Emergency Management has confirmed that I-70 traffic through Junction City has opened. KDOT has said it would be for unrestricted winter travel through March 2024, following the completion of Phase One construction.
Following the opening of I-70, KDOT temporarily closed K-57 from Flint Hills Boulevard to the ramps south of I-70 for pavement replacement. Traffic will need to detour on I-70, access ramps to I-70 will remain open. (See attached map.)
K-57 is scheduled to reopen in December, weather permitting. Phase Two of I-70 construction is scheduled to begin in mid-March 2024. Traffic will again be reduced to one lane in each direction and carried through construction via the westbound lanes while about 3 miles of pavement is replaced in the eastbound lanes. The multi-phase $30 million project includes construction of temporary crossovers, pavement and drainage structure replacement, bridge rehabilitation and resurfacing of some local routes.
The project is scheduled to be completed by December of 2025, weather permitting.