December 2009
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 expanding passenger rail service to fewer roadway fatalities to economic recovery to the latest record-breaking winter storm. In the fast-approaching new year, transportation will undoubtedly continue to remain important to Iowans because it is such an integral part of our lives. We depend on it to get us...
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. holiday according to the following schedule. Driver's license stations All Iowa DOT driver's license stations, normally open Tuesday through Saturday, will be closed Saturday, Jan. 16, 2010. The stations will resume normal hours Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010. Motor Carrier Permit Center The Iowa DOT's Permit Center will be...
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. 65/69 intersection with Warren County Road G-16 (Scotch Ridge Road) approximately 2.4 miles south of Iowa 5. The public is invited to attend the meeting anytime between 5 and 6 p.m. at the Scotch Ridge United Presbyterian Church, 13013 Scotch Ridge Rd., Carlisle. This public information meeting will...
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 U.S. 151/Linn County Road X-20 intersection. The public is invited to attend the meeting anytime between 5:30 and 7 p.m. at the American Legion Post 331, 252 Broadway. This public information meeting will be conducted utilizing an open forum format. No formal presentation will be made. Iowa DOT...
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 for the proposed Interstate 35/Northeast 36th Street interchange. At the meeting, site alternatives for the proposed rest area relocation at the I-35/Iowa 210 interchange will also be presented. The public is invited to attend the meeting anytime between 5 and 6:30 p.m. at the Ankeny Fire Station training/conference...
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 slick several hours before any new snow begins to fall. Slick roadways and bridges can be expected around midnight tonight in southern Iowa, and then through the rest of the state by Wednesday, sometime between 3 to 4 a.m., which is about 4 or 5 hours before the...
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 winter storm. The Governor’s State of Emergency Disaster Proclamation allows state resources to be deployed to assist local governments in restoring service on public roadways. Responding to requests from Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management, Iowa DOT snowplow trucks, snowblowers, supplies, and personnel have moved into the counties...
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 out in full force since the storm began, and opened the last stretch of snowbound roadway this morning. Traffic is now allowed on Iowa 275 from Tabor in Fremont County south to the Missouri border. #
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 began last week. Massive snowdrifts continue to make Iowa 275 impassable from Tabor in Fremont County to the Missouri state line. The section of Iowa 275 from U.S. 34 to Tabor is now open. ##
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 of Iowa following a disruption during the winter storm. Movement will be allowed on roadway surfaces classified as “Normal” (displayed in green) or “Wet” (displayed in blue) on the Iowa Winter Road Conditions Map, available at www.511ia.org(select the low bandwidth display, and Winter Conditions tab). The entire movement...