For commuters who are used to sitting in traffic on Interstate 35 in Johnson County: Relief is on the way.
But as construction starts this week on one of the worst bottlenecks in the Kansas City region, congestion will likely get worse before it gets better.
On Friday, crews will begin a long-awaited, $16.5 million project to expand I-35 at 75th Street in Overland Park and Shawnee. For now, that stretch of highway narrows from five to three lanes, causing regular traffic jams for the roughly 160,000 vehicles passing through each day.
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