Osage Beach is closer in seeing a fourth ramp added to make a complete diamond interchange at Nichols Road as part of the U.S. 54 Expressway project. The Osage Beach Board of Aldermen have given Mayor Penny Lyons the go ahead to sign a cost sharing deal with MoDOT. That fourth ramp is an eastbound on-ramp toward Jefferson City that was not part of the original plans for the $150 million Expressway. The Missouri Highway Commission still has to give its’ approval.