MoDot says a conceptual study of U.S. 63 corridor improvements in Adair and Schuyler counties, between Kirksville and the Iowa state line, is underway after being added to the Missouri Department of Transportation’s (MoDOT’s) Statewide Transportation Improvement Plan (STIP). MoDOT has contracted with Hg Consult, Inc. as the lead consultant, and Bartlett & West, GFT and Single Wing are sub-consultants. The first meeting has been held to determine scope of the study. To help progress with the scope, the surveying and engineering analysis along the corridor is currently underway. The project team will look at the 33-mile section of the corridor to evaluate opportunities for passing lanes and/or shared four-lane and other roadway improvements.