October 2012
AMES, Iowa – Oct. 31, 2012 – The Iowa Department of Transportation’s Motor Vehicle Division facility in Ankeny will reopen for normal business hours this morning. The facility was closed late yesterday due to mechanical problems. The driver’s license station will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Motor Carrier Permit Center will be open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. #
AMES, Iowa – Oct. 30, 2012 – The Iowa Department of Transportation’s Motor Vehicle Division facility in Ankeny has closed due to mechanical problems. The facility will remain closed for the rest of today. The public will be notified when the building is reopened. Services provided at this facility include driver’s license issuance, vehicle and motor carrier services, and motor vehicle enforcement. The Iowa DOT’s renewal-only driver’s license facility at 2339 Euclid Ave. in Des Moines remains open. Persons needing...
AMES, Iowa – Oct. 29, 2012 – Iowa Department of Transportation Director Paul Trombino III and the Honorable Chul Huh, consul general of The Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in Chicago, will be signing a special driver’s license reciprocity agreement between the State of Iowa and Republic of South Korea on Tuesday in Iowa City. The agreement is expected to assist students, travelers and business people in both the Republic of South Korea and Iowa. Other members of...
AMES, Iowa – Oct. 29, 2010 – The Iowa Department of Transportation is announcing office closures in observance of the Veterans Day holiday. Driver's license stations All Iowa DOT driver's license stations will be closed Saturday Nov. 10, in observance of the Veterans Day holiday. Normal business hours will resume Tuesday, Nov. 13, at 8:30 a.m. Iowa DOT driver’s license stations are closed on Mondays. Motor Carrier Permit Center The Motor Carrier Permit Center will be closed Monday, Nov. 12,...
AMES, Iowa – Oct. 26, 2012 – Nearly 300 vehicles and pieces of equipment will be sold by the Iowa Department of Transportation at an auction Saturday, Nov. 10, beginning at 9 a.m. Photos of some of the items up for auction have been posted on the Iowa DOT’s website at http://www.iowadot.gov/auction/. A more complete listing of items can also be found on this site, along with a form to request an auction handbill via email. The sale will be...
AMES, Iowa – Oct. 25, 2012 – Little ghouls and goblins will be roaming the streets for trick-or-treat night over this Halloween season. Increased pedestrian traffic at twilight and throughout the evening means drivers need to be more mindful than ever to scan streets and intersections for pedestrians. According to a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration study that examined motor vehicle-related deaths over a 20-year period, the number of childhood pedestrian deaths increased fourfold among elementary and middle school-aged children...
AMES, Iowa – Oct. 25, 2012 – The Iowa Department of Transportation will hold a public information meeting Thursday, Nov. 8, to discuss the proposed reconstruction of Iowa 92 from just west of Warren County Road R-57 to just east of South N Street in Indianola. The public is invited to attend the meeting anytime between 5 and 7 p.m. at the Warren County Administration Building, 301 N. Buxton in Indianola. This public information meeting will be conducted utilizing an...
AMES, Iowa – Oct. 19, 2012 – The Iowa departments of Transportation, Education and Public Safety are joining the National Association for Pupil Transportation in promoting National School Bus Safety Week Oct. 22-26, 2012. Motorists can expect heightened traffic enforcement directed toward persons who illegally pass stop school buses during this period. The theme for this year’s educational campaign is “I See the Driver. The Driver Sees Me!” It is derived from the national school bus safety poster contest held...
AMES, Iowa – Oct. 19, 2012 – The Iowa Department of Transportation wants to save you a trip to the driver’s license station. Now, you can get a certified abstract of your driver’s record online, in addition to several other driver services. A certified abstract of your driver’s record includes your personal information (i.e., name, address, date of birth, and driver’s license or identification number; but, not your Social Security number); status of your driver’s license (and commercial driver’s license,...
MOUNT PLEASANT, Iowa – Oct. 18, 2012 – A pavement patching project on southbound U.S. 218/Iowa 27 (exit 45) off-ramp on the north side of Mount Pleasant will require closing the ramp from 4 a.m. until 1 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 23, weather permitting, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Mount Pleasant construction office. During this ramp closure, motorists are asked to travel south on U.S. 218/Iowa 27 and use exit 42 to travel back to exit 45. The Iowa...