The Odessa Board of Aldermen revisited a bill to enter into a cost apportionment agreement with the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) to add Odessa’s name to bridge structures over Interstate-70.

MoDOT is currently in the bidding process for the Improve I-70 project, which plans to add a third lane each direction on Interstate 70 from just west of Missouri Route 7 in Blue Springs to just east of Johnson Drive in Odessa. The project also includes interchange improvements at MO 131 in Odessa. City Administrator Shawna Davis says this agreement adds Odessa signage to the bridge structure.

The board did vote on a similar agreement in December, but it failed to pass after not securing enough votes. The board decided to reconsider this agreement after the Odessa Chamber of Commerce committed a minimum of $10,000 to this project.

The board approved the agreement with a 6-0 vote.

In other news, the board held a discussion over meeting frequency and decided to go back to two meetings per month starting in February. Aldermen will revisit this decision after the election in April.