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Interstate 70 reopened Monday morning after the weekend closure for a “historic traffic shift,” the Colorado Department of Transportation said. The interstate closed from Friday night to Monday morning for the “Mile High Shift” between Washington Street and Interstate 270. The closure allowed crews to work around the clock to move all six lanes of traffic between Brighton and Colorado boulevards from the existing viaduct to the future westbound lanes of the lowered section of the Central 70 Project through northern Denver. The shift sets the stage for demolishing the struc...

EDWARDSVILLE — Moneer Damra left a lasting impact on his friends at Southern Illinois...

Maryland's Controversial Highway Widening Proposal Scaled Back Interstate 270, the Capital Beltway, will no longer by widened as part of the I-495/I-270 Managed Lanes Project. May 13, 2021, 6am PDT | James Brasuell | Briana Adhikusuma reports: "The Maryland Department of Transportation has removed the Capital Beltway from a plan to widen Interstate 270, after the broader plan drew months of opposition from local officials, residents and environmental advocates." As noted by Adhikusuma, the project has faced numerous criticisms in recent years, as the project worked through its draft envi...

County weighs adding residential properties to enterprise zones Scott Cousins, scousins@thetelegraph.com FacebookTwitterEmail 5of5 EDWARDSVILLE — A proposed expansion and change to Madison County’s Southwestern Madison County Enterprise Zone has led to sharp disagreement over whether to include residential development. The Madison County Board’s Grants Committee last week discussed several proposed changes, including adding territory, extending tax abatement time periods to 10 from four years and including residential development. Enterprise zones offer incentives to developers, primar...

Shots fired into vehicle leave 1 woman dead, another wounded March 13, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Shots fired into a moving vehicle left one woman dead and another wounded on Interstate 270 in north St. Louis County, authorities say. Missouri State Highway Patrol Cpl. Dallas Thompson said the driver whose vehicle came under fire wasn't struck by the gunfire but was injured after crashing, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. He was taken to a hospital along with his surviving passenger. Their conditions weren't available, and the name of the dead woman hasn’t been rele...