Starting bright and early Saturday morning, drivers will be able to use the new express toll lanes on U.S. Highway 69 through Overland Park. The expected 8 a.m. opening will mark the formal end of the $572 million, roughly three-year project to add express toll lanes and ease congestion through a highly trafficked area of Johnson County. While the work on US-69 spanned miles and touched several interchanges, the new express toll lanes run between 103rd and 151st streets, on the left-most inside lane, going both north and south. Earlier this week, federal, state and local officials celebrated the milestone with a ribbon-cutting ceremony in Overland Park. During her remarks, Gov. Laura Kelly called 69Express a “monumental project” as the state’s first express toll lane project, and as it delivers improvements to one of the busiest highways in Kansas.
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