Why doesn the Scout system cover all of I-435 or I-70 and other busy freeways in the Kansas City area?
KDOT and MoDOT joined forces to launch the bi-state, Scout system so they could cover the most congested freeways in the greater Kansas City metropolitan area. Studies revealed which freeways are the most heavily traveled, and those are the freeways Scout currently blankets. There are other congested freeways the studies also identified. Scout will eventually cover those as funding allows. One example is I-70. Originally, Scout stretched only as far east as Noland Road. By the end of the 2005, Scout expanded seven miles farther east to Blue Springs. Scout is also planning expansions along I-635 in Kansas from I-35 to State Avenue; along I-435 in Missouri from near the Triangle to possibly beyond the Missouri River; and along I-29 north of Scout’s current coverage. Each of these expansion projects are in various stages and are scheduled to be completed at various times between late 2007 and late 2008.
