State Rep. Delus Johnson has confirmed that on Tuesday the Joint Committee on Transportation Oversight approved a proposal that will rename part of the Belt Highway from Frederick Avenue south to I-29 after Walter Cronkite.

On his Facebook page Johnson wrote, “The application to rename part of the Belt Highway in St. Joseph after Walter Cronkite has passed unanimously through the Joint Committee on Transportation Oversight!”  Johnson sponsored the effort to honor the longtime journalist and CBS TV anchorman who was born in St. Joseph