ANKENY, Iowa – Sept. 30, 2016 – For the third consecutive year, the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Office of Motor Vehicle Enforcement was tops in the nation for safety enforcement as determined by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. The agency also received an honorable mention for safety enforcement improvement. These awards were presented to MVE Chief David Lorenzen at the fall Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance conference Sept. 19 in Little Rock, Arkansas. Iowa was presented with the Safety Enforcement...
AMES, Iowa – Oct. 22, 2016 – The Iowa Department of Transportation will hold a public information meeting Wednesday, Nov. 2, to discuss the proposed improvements of the U.S. 52/Iowa 9 intersection within the city limits of Decorah in Winneshiek County. Traffic would be maintained during construction. All interested persons are invited to attend this meeting anytime between 5 and 6:30 p.m. at Decorah Municipal Building, 400 Clairborne Drive, in Decorah. The meeting will be conducted utilizing an open forum...
AMES, Iowa – Sept. 20, 2016 – The Iowa Department of Transportation is requesting public input on the proposed bridge replacement over Buck Creek on Iowa 3, 0.6 mile east of Bremer County Road V-56. The proposed project provides for replacing an existing 120-by-28-foot steel girder bridge with a 164-by-44-foot pretensioned, prestressed concrete beam bridge. Resurfacing will also take place (300 feet on the west side and 375 feet on the east side). New bridge approaches will be constructed and...
NEW HAMPTON, Iowa – Sept. 14, 2016 – Construction work for adding paved turn lanes and signals at the intersection of Iowa 21 and Shaulis Road in Waterloo will require closing and detouring traffic beginning Friday, Sept. 16, weather permitting, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s New Hampton construction office. Traffic impact 16: Shaulis Road traffic will be detoured around the work zone by traveling from the intersection of Shaulis Road and Kimball Avenue, south on Kimball Avenue to...
AMES, Iowa – Sept. 13, 2016 – The Iowa Transportation Commission will hold a public input meeting at the Hotel Julien Dubuque, 200 Main St., in Dubuque Tuesday, Oct. 11, to hear about transportation matters from representatives of local government, interest groups, and individuals. Items that may be discussed at the meeting include the Iowa Transportation Improvement Program; transportation policies; and highway, aviation, rail, river, bicycle, pedestrian, and public transit issues. A brief business meeting will begin at 8 a.m....
AMES, Iowa – Sept. 13, 2016 – The Iowa Transportation Commission approved the following items during its meeting today at the Iowa Department of Transportation’s headquarters at 800 Lincoln Way in Ames. Order number Title Actions taken Presenter D-2018-16 Approve Minutes of the Aug. 9, 2016, Commission Meeting Approved Danielle Griggs, Commission secretary, 515-239-1919 MVD-2018-17 Administrative Rules -761 IAC 424, Transporter Plates -761 IAC 430, Motor Vehicle Leasing Licenses -761 IAC 451, Emergency Vehicle Permits Approved Andrew Lewis, Motor Vehicle...
MASON CITY, Iowa – Sept. 9, 2016 – Black Hawk County will host a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the neared completion of the new U.S. 218/Black Hawk County Road C-57 interchange on Thursday, Sept. 15, 2016 at 2:30 p.m. The event will be open to the public and held at the project site. To access the project site, please enter from the east side of U.S. 218. Take Wagner Road (Black Hawk County Road V-25) to Cedar Wapsi Road...
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