Dec 31, 2009:
Year in review: Iowa transportation newsmakers
AMES, Iowa – Dec. 31, 2009 – Looking back at 2009, the Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) found that transportation dominated or played a role in many news stories this year, from...
Category: District 1-Central , District 2-Northeast , District 3-Northwest , District 4-Southwest , District 5-Southeast , District 6-East Central , Statewide Interest Dec 30, 2009:
DOT offices closed for Martin Luther King Jr. holiday
AMES, Iowa – Dec. 30, 2009 – Iowa Department of Transportation (Iowa DOT) driver's license stations and the Motor Carrier Permit Center will be closed for the upcoming Martin Luther King Jr....
Category: District 1-Central , District 2-Northeast , District 3-Northwest , District 4-Southwest , District 5-Southeast , District 6-East Central , Statewide Interest Dec 30, 2009:
Proposed intersection modification near Carlisle to be discussed Jan. 12
AMES, Iowa – Dec. 30, 2009 – The Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) will hold a public information meeting Tuesday, Jan.12, 2010, in Carlisle to discuss the proposed modification of the U.S....
Category: District 1-Central , Public Meetings Dec 30, 2009:
Intersection modifications for U.S. 151 at Springville to be discussed Jan. 12
AMES, Iowa – Dec. 30, 2009 – The Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) will hold a public information meeting Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010, in Springville to discuss the proposed modification of the...
Category: District 6-East Central , Public Meetings Dec 30, 2009:
Proposed I-35 interchange near Ankeny to be discussed Jan. 14
AMES, Iowa – Dec. 30, 2009 – The Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) will hold a public information meeting Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010, in Ankeny to discuss the design and right-of-way details...
Category: District 1-Central , Public Meetings Dec 29, 2009:
Beware of frost-covered roads and bridges overnight
AMES, Iowa – Dec. 29, 2009; 5 p.m. update – The Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) is reporting that widespread frost is expected overnight, which may cause roads and bridges to become...
Category: District 1-Central , District 2-Northeast , District 3-Northwest , District 4-Southwest , District 5-Southeast , District 6-East Central , Statewide Interest Dec 29, 2009:
Iowa DOT provides emergency assistance to some western Iowa counties
AMES, Iowa – Dec. 29, 2009 – Operating under an emergency declaration, the Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) is presently assisting Crawford, Harrison, Pottawattamie, and Shelby counties dig out from the recent...
Category: District 1-Central , District 2-Northeast , District 3-Northwest , District 4-Southwest , District 5-Southeast , District 6-East Central , Statewide Interest Dec 29, 2009:
Iowa 275 now open to traffic south of Tabor
AMES, Iowa – Dec. 29, 2009; 11:30 a.m. update – The last road closed by Iowa’s latest winter storm reopened this morning. The Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) road crews have been...
Category: District 5-Southeast , Statewide Interest Dec 28, 2009:
All but one segment of Iowa’s highway system now open to traffic
AMES, Iowa – Dec. 28, 2009; 5:30 p.m. update – Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) road crews have been able to open all but one section of roadway following the snowstorm that...
Category: District 5-Southeast , Statewide Interest Dec 28, 2009:
Permitted oversize loads begin moving again in parts of Iowa
AMES, Iowa – Dec. 28, 2009 – 2 p.m. – The Iowa Department of Transportation’s Office of Motor Carrier Services has resumed the permitting and movement of oversize loads in certain parts...
Category: District 1-Central , District 2-Northeast , District 3-Northwest , District 4-Southwest , District 5-Southeast , District 6-East Central , Statewide Interest 
