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����vlog.COM. STARTING TONIGHT, THERE COULD BE CHANGES TO YOUR COMMUTE. BOTH THE I-80 35 SOUTHBOUND ON RAMP AT HICKMAN AND THE SOUTHBOUND OFF RAMP TO UNIVERSITY WILL CLOSE UNTIL AUGUST. PART OF A MORE THAN $90 MILLION OF ROAD INTERCHANGE CONSTRUCTION. AND IT MIGHT PUT MORE SEMI-TRUCKS ON LOCAL ROADS. ����vlog’S MARCUS MCINTOSH IS LIVE AT THE LOVE’S TRUCK STOP IN THAT AREA. AND MARCUS, THIS CONSTRUCTION COULD MAKE IT HARDER FOR PEOPLE TO ACCESS THAT TRUCK STOP. AURORA SHERWOOD. WE’RE STANDING IN FRONT OF I-35 80 HICKMAN LOVE’S TRUCK STOP. TRAVEL PLAZA IS JUST TO THE SOUTH OF ME. THIS WAY. AND IT’S A VERY POPULAR PLACE. AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE ARE HERE. THERE ARE TRUCKS PASSING US BY RIGHT NOW. NOW, THE MANAGEMENT WOULD NOT SPEAK WITH US ON CAMERA, BUT THEY DID SAY OFF CAMERA THAT THE LANE CLOSURES ARE LESS THAN IDEAL, BUT ADDED THEY WILL DEAL WITH THIS SITUATION THE BEST THEY CAN. MONDAY NIGHT, BOTH THE SOUTHBOUND ENTRANCE RAMP TO 8035 AT HICKMAN AND THE SOUTHBOUND EXIT RAMP AT 8035 AND UNIVERSITY WILL BE CLOSED FOR ABOUT FOUR MONTHS. PART OF A $94 MILLION CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, IT’S EXPECTED TO SLOW DOWN THE ROUGHLY 20,000 VEHICLES THAT USE THESE RAMPS DAILY. MARK RECK DRIVES THIS ROUTE TO WORK, AND HE ALSO LIVES NEARBY. I THINK IT WILL BE INTERESTING JUST BECAUSE THIS IS THE BUSIEST AREA, IT SEEMS LIKE, AND IT DEFINITELY WILL AFFECT ME AND MY ROUTES AND STUFF THAT I HAVE TO DO LOCALLY HERE. THIS STRETCH OF CONSTRUCTION IS JUST THE FIRST PHASE IN A SERIES OF PROJECTS SET TO START BETWEEN HICKMAN AND THE SOUTHWEST CONNECTOR. IF ALL GOES ACCORDING TO SCHEDULE, THE D-O-T SAYS THE RAMPS WILL REOPEN AUGUST 19TH. WE ASK THAT PEOPLE BE PATIENT WITH US. WE KNOW IT’S A BIG IMPACT TO THEM, BUT KNOW THAT THE DOT PARTNERING WITH THE CONTRACTOR HAS ACCELERATED THIS PROJECT BASICALLY AS FAST AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE. SOME 55,000 VEHICLES RIDE THIS STRETCH OF HICKMAN, WHILE SOME ARE HOLDING THEIR BREATH FOR THE DETOUR. ONE MOTORIST SAYS NOTHING WILL STOP HIM FROM LOVES. HE TELLS US IT IS THE LEAST EXPENSIVE GAS ON HIS RIDE UP AND DOWN. 8035. IF THOSE ON RAMPS AND OFF RAMPS ARE OFF, THEN I PROBABLY TAKE THE EXIT BEFORE AND THEN TAKE ALL THE SIDE ROADS. NOW LOVE’S DOES KNOW THAT THIS COULD HIT THEM HARD, BUT THEY’RE JUST GOING TO WAIT AND SEE HOW IT GOES NOW. PLANS CALL FOR THAT MID-AUGUST COMPLETION DATE, BUT THE D-O-T SAYS THEY’RE HOPING TO GET THINGS DONE BEFORE THAT DATE. AND JUST A REMINDER, THE CLOSURE STARTS TONIGHT AT NINE. WE’RE LIVE IN CLIVE. I’M