Construction for the I-465 Reconfiguration project on the southside of Indianapolis is still more than a year away, but state transportation officials want to prepare drivers for what is planned.

The Indiana Department of Transportation will close a portion of Interstate 70 eastbound and westbound on Indianapolis' west side for approximately 30 days each.

The Indiana Department of Transportation closed eastbound I-70 on Monday between the highway's North Split with Interstate 65 near downtown Indianapolis to Interstate 465 on the city's east side.

The bill would have created a pilot program speed cameras in four work zones statewide. Tickets would only have been issued if a driver was caught going 11 miles per hour over the limit while workers were present.

Officials say closing a six-mile section of Indiana 37 will allow the work to be finished in one construction season rather than two.

The Kentucky Transportation Department says in a statement that lane closures on the Interstate 65 Kennedy Bridge will begin this week. The statement says the right three lanes of I-65 South will close at midnight on Nov. 8 and reopen at 5 a.m. on Nov. 27.

There seemed to be momentum building this summer for a study committee recommendation to pass such a bill. But the panel opted against it.

Efforts in recent years to legalize the use of traffic cameras havent gotten far in the General Assembly. Indiana highway work zone crashes doubled in the last six years, heading into 2019.

INDOT says the eastbound lanes of I-70 are currently closed between Mt. Comfort Rd (Exit 96) and State Road 109 at Knightstown. All lanes will remain closed until Monday, Sept. 16 at 6 a.m.

The Indiana Department of Transportation says it will shut down the I-465 lanes running westbound and southbound between I-65 and I-70 on the city's southeast side beginning Friday night.