I-70 project in Hendricks County will shift traffic Sunday night

PLAINFIELD -- The Interstate 70 project in Hendricks County will move into a new maintenance of traffic phase on Sunday, July 12 overnight from just west of State Road 267 near Clarks Creek to the Ronald Reagan Parkway.

The Indiana Department of Transportation said the switch was previously scheduled to take place earlier but has been rescheduled due to weather.

Motorists will be shifted into the eastbound side of the interstate with three lanes for westbound and two lanes for eastbound travel. The on-ramp from State Road 267 to I-70 eastbound will be closed.

The official detour for this ramp closure follows SR 267 to U.S. 40 to I-465. This is scheduled for a 120-day closure with an incentive for the contractor to complete earlier. The max incentive is 60 days.

Milestone Contractors was awarded the $43.9 million project that will rebuild the eastbound and westbound lanes of I-70 from a half-mile west of SR 267 to Ronald Reagan Parkway and patch the interstate from just west of SR 267 to SR 39 at the Monrovia exit.

The westbound lanes will be rebuilt this year with the eastbound lanes construction occurring in 2021.

The project is scheduled for completion in early summer 2022.