RAPID CITY, S.D. – A brand new road is coming east of Rapid City. Changes are being made to the east side of Elk Valley Road, south of the I-90 interchange. The Interstate 90 (exit 63) interchange reconstruction project near Box Elder from exit 61 to West Gate Road, including a section of Highway 1416
The South Dakota Department of Transportation is closing this access to make a new road called “Hotel Way.” The road will be built near the Rapid City Black Hills State University campus. It will connect the new Box Elder Event Center to the hotels on Cheyenne Boulevard, making it safer for people to access those hotels.
According to Rapid City city engineer Roger Hall, the access road that’s near Elk Vale, where the service road joins Elk Vale Road, is very close to the interstate. “We want to move that farther away to get some clearance for safety issues more than anything else.”
The Rapid City Council agreed to the Box Elder and Rapid City partnership on Monday. Box Elder will build and maintain the road for now, but sometime in the future, Rapid City will assume ownership and maintain the road.
