October 2009
AMES, Iowa – Oct. 30 – The Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) received two national awards as part of the annual National Transportation Public Affairs Workshop sponsored by the American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials (AASHTO) Oct. 11-14 in St. Louis. “We are proud to be recognized by this group of professionals for the activities designed to deliver transportation safety information to our customers,” said DOT spokesperson Dena Gray-Fisher. “We look for methods to improve communication with our customers,...
SIOUX CITY, Iowa – Oct. 30, 2009 – Iowa 12 in Plymouth County will close Nov. 2, weather permitting, to allow crews to repair a potential embankment slide adjacent to the roadside and prevent future damage to Iowa 12, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Sioux City construction office. The slide repair work will take place approximately seven miles north of the Woodbury County line. Iowa 12 traffic is being detoured using Plymouth County roads K-18 and C-38....
AMES, Iowa – Oct. 30, 2009 – The Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) will hold a public information meeting Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009, in Carlisle to discuss the proposed modification of the U.S. 65/Iowa 5 ramp connection on Iowa 5 east of the east U.S. 65/Iowa 5 interchange in Polk County. The public is invited to attend the meeting anytime between 5 and 6 p.m. at the Carlisle City Hall, 195 N. First St. This public information meeting will be...
NEW HAMPTON, Iowa – Oct. 28, 2009 – Overhead sign installation will cause intermittent lane closures in both directions on U.S. 63 (Sergeant Road) near the U.S. 20 interchange in Waterloo, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s (DOT) New Hampton construction office. A contractor will be placing the overhead signs, causing periodic lane restrictions on both north- and southbound U.S. 63 until mid-November. The Iowa DOT reminds motorists to drive with caution, obey posted speed limit and other signs...
AMES, Iowa – Oct. 28, 2009 – Little ghouls and goblins will be roaming the streets for trick-or-treat night over this Halloween weekend. The increased pedestrian traffic at twilight and after means drivers need to be more mindful than ever to scan streets and intersections for pedestrians, especially children. A study by the University of Michigan’s Transportation Research Institute showed that after daylight hours on trick-or-treat night pedestrian fatalities involving children age 15 and under are about 4.5 times the...
AMES, Iowa – Oct. 28, 2009 –The Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) reports the number of private sector workers on Iowa DOT-let construction projects for the last full week in July 2009 was 5,268, which is 31.5% higher than the same period last year and nearly 30 percent higher than the same time period’s prior five year average. Employment numbers in highway construction activities have not been this high since 2001 when the number was 5,478. In addition to more...
CRESTON, Iowa – Oct. 28, 2009 – Intermittent lane closures will be needed to allow crews to fill cracks in the roadway can be expected on Iowa 25 in Ringgold County until Friday, Oct. 30, weather permitting, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Creston construction office. The work is scheduled on Iowa 25 between Ringgold County Road J-13 and U.S. 34. When the roadway is reduced to one lane, traffic will be assisted through the work area by...
NEW HAMPTON, Iowa – Oct. 27, 2009 – Beginning Wednesday, Oct. 28, repair work will begin on Iowa 13 from Strawberry Point north to Elkader, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s (DOT) New Hampton construction office. Work associated with this project will include full-depth concrete patching in several locations. When the contractor is working on the project, traffic will be restricted to one lane and maintained with flaggers and pilot cars. This project is expected to take two weeks...
NEW HAMPTON, Iowa – Oct. 23, 2009 – Continued road work on U.S. 63 in Bremer County will close access to Iowa 188 (140th Street) west of U.S. 63 beginning Oct. 29, weather permitting, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s (DOT) New Hampton construction office. This closure is necessary to allow the paving contractor to complete the turn lane and median concrete paving in the southbound portion of the intersection. During this closure, Iowa188 traffic will be detoured onto...
AMES, Iowa – Oct. 22, 2009 – The Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) will hold a public information meeting Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009, in West Des Moines to discuss the proposed reconstruction of Interstate 35 in Polk County from the Iowa 5 interchange north to just north of the west I-35/I-80/I-235 interchange. The public is invited to attend the meeting anytime between 5 and 6:30 p.m. at the West Des Moines Public Library Community Room, 4000 Mills Civic Parkway. This...