A Wichita company soon will begin installing additional message boards in northwest Kansas stretches of Interstate 70.

According to Joe Finley of the Kansas Department of Transportation, the “Intelligent Transportation System” project also will include additional cameras to monitor traffic and weather conditions.

Preliminary locations for the message boards — for eastbound traffic — were at Colby, WaKeeney, Hays and Russell, while the cameras are expected to be installed near Bunker Hill, the Kansas 23 junction, and between Colby and Oakley.

Wichita-based Atlas Electric recently was awarded the bid for the project, which will cost approximately $873,000.