June 2014
AMES, Iowa – June 30, 2014 – Two Iowa transit vehicle operators are headed for national and international level competition by earning top honors in Iowa's 28th Annual Public Transit Roadeo held in Davenport on June 21. Don Dopson, representing Clinton Municipal Transit Administration in Clinton, placed first in the small bus competition. Paul Klimesh, representing CyRide in Ames, placed first in the large bus competition. Klimesh will represent the state of Iowa at the American Public Transit Association’s 40th...
AMES, Iowa – June 30, 2014, Transit systems from Ottumwa, Burlington, and Decorah have been honored by the Iowa Department of Transportation for their accomplishments during the 2013 fiscal year. Each year at the Iowa Public Transit Association Conference and Annual Meeting, the Iowa DOT recognizes one regional transit system and one urban transit system for the highest percentage increase in ridership coupled with a decrease or lowest increase in operating costs. Beginning this year, an individual transit manager will...
SIOUX CITY, Iowa – June 26, 2014 – The westbound U.S. 20 off-ramp and eastbound U.S. 20 on-ramp at Morningside Avenue interchange will be closed to accommodate roadway maintenance operations Friday and Saturday, June 27 and 28, weather permitting, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Sioux City maintenance office. In addition, eastbound U.S. 20 traffic will be restricted to one lane intermittently from Morningside Avenue east 4 miles. Iowa DOT’s construction project website, www.iowadot.gov/travel.html#/highwayconstruction, includes more complete information on...
BRITT, Iowa – June 26, 2014 – U.S. 169 between Iowa 9 (north of Lakota, in Kossuth County) and the Minnesota border will be open to traffic beginning this afternoon, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Britt construction office. The project has been completed ahead of schedule and will eliminate a long detour. The $4.3 million dollar concrete overlay project began in April. Croell and Subsidiary of New Hampton is the contractor for the project. The Iowa DOT reminds...
SIOUX CITY, Iowa – June 25, 2014 – The northbound Interstate 29 off-ramp and southbound I-29 on-ramp at Woodbury County Road D-51/Port Neal Road (exit 135) will be closed to accommodate the reconstruction of the Port Neal interchange Monday morning, June 30, weather permitting, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Sioux City construction office. In addition, north- and southbound I-29 traffic will be restricted to one lane at exit 135. On- and off-ramp I-29 traffic will be detoured to...
This press release is being redistributed by the Iowa Department of Transportation as a courtesy to the South Dakota Departement of Transportation. PIERRE, S.D. –June 20, 2014 - Interstate 29, is now open to traffic in southeastern South Dakota, state officials say. The interstate was closed at noon on Thursday so a levee could be constructed at Exit 4. The levee was a protective measure against rising waters of the Big Sioux River. The river crested early Friday morning below...
AMES, Iowa – June 20, 2014 – The Iowa Department of Transportation will be closing its offices for the July 4 holiday. All business locations will be closed Friday, July 4. Iowa DOT driver's license stations All Iowa DOT driver’s license stations will be closed Friday and Saturday, July 4 and 5. They will be open Monday, July 7, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. (offices are normally closed on Mondays). The stations will resume normal hours of operation on...
NEW HAMPTON, Iowa – June 20, 2014 – The past several days of rain has delayed the next phase of road construction work on southbound Interstate 380. Width restrictions on the current single lane of traffic for southbound I-380/eastbound U.S. 20 on-ramp at exit 71 of the I-380/U.S. 218/U.S. 20 interchange near Evansdale will now begin at 12:01 a.m. Saturday, June 21, weather permitting, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s New Hampton construction office. The road construction work will...
This news release is being redistributed by the Iowa Department of Transportation as a courtesy to the South Dakota Department of Transportation. PIERRE, S.D. –June 19, 2014 - South Dakota state officials are closing Interstate 29 in southeast South Dakota at noon today. The Big Sioux River is predicted to crest in the morning or early afternoon hours of Friday, June 20 and is expected to send a significant amount of water into low lying areas of southeast South Dakota....
CHEROKEE, Iowa – June 18, 2014 – Construction work on U.S. 20 from east of Moville to Woodbury County Road L-25 will begin Monday, June 23, weather permitting, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Cherokee construction office. The $11.9 million grading and structures contract was awarded to C.J. Moyna and Sons Inc. of Elkader. The grading project is anticipated to be completed in late 2015 and the completion of the four-lane roadway through Correctionville is scheduled for completion in...