The Missouri Department of Transportation is ramping up a major resurfacing project on I-44 in Laclede County. MODOT Area Engineer, Bob Lynch says, the contractor has been hired and they are meeting with MODOT on the project:

Lynch says, most of the work on I-44 will be done at night:

Lynch says the target start date will be the first of May for the I-44 resurfacing project. MODOT encourages people to look for delays in the work zone and give works a safe distance.