July 2014
ANKENY, Iowa – July 22, 2014 – The Van Buren County Treasurer’s Office has notified the Iowa Department of Transportation that it has suspended driver’s license services due to staffing issues in the county treasurer’s office. It is anticipated suspension of the services will be temporary. Until service is restored, customers can visit the Iowa DOT’s driver’s license station in Ottumwa at 2830 N. Court or Burlington at 2700 Mount Pleasant St. or visit the Iowa DOT’s online renewal system,...
NEW HAMPTON, Iowa – July 18, 2014 – Work to replace an existing bridge with a box culvert on Iowa 281 between Black Hawk County roads D-20 and C-66 (3 miles south of Dunkerton) will require closing the roadway to traffic beginning Tuesday, July 22, weather permitting, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s New Hampton construction office. Traffic will be routed from Iowa 281 north on Black Hawk County Road V-49, and then east on Black Hawk County Road...
NEW HAMPTON, Iowa – July 18, 2014 – Bridge deck joint repair work will require reducing U.S. 52 to one lane at the Upper Iowa River bridge beginning Monday, July 28, weather permitting, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s New Hampton construction office. There will be a 10-foot-4-inch width lane restriction in the open lane of traffic. Motorists will be directed through the construction zone by temporary traffic lights. Lane width restriction signs will be in place in advance...
AMES, Iowa – July 14, 2014 – The Iowa Transportation Commission will hold a public input meeting in Cedar Rapids Tuesday, August 12, 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 topics. A brief business meeting will begin at 8 a.m. with the public input meeting to immediately...
AMES, Iowa – July 8, 2014 – The Iowa Transportation Commission approved the following items during its meeting today at the Iowa Department of Transportation headquarters in Ames. Order number Title Actions taken Presenter D-2015-1 Approve Minutes of the June 10, 2014, Commission Meeting Approved Connie Page, Commission secretary, 515-239-1242 H-2015-2 Transfer of Jurisdiction – 219th Lane in Boone County Approved Scott Dockstader, district engineer, District 1, 515-239-1635 PPM-2015-3 Public Transit Infrastructure Grant Program funding recommendations Approved (see linked news...
AMES, Iowa – July 8, 2014 – The Iowa Transportation Commission (Commission) approved more than $1.4 million in funding to support four public transit projects. The projects are funded under the state Public Transit Infrastructure Grant Fund. The Public Transit Infrastructure Grant Fund provides state funding assistance to Iowa’s public transit systems for new or improved facilities to support their public transit services. State participation is limited to 80 percent and the balance must be matched from local sources. The...
AMES, Iowa – July 7, 2014 – Iowa’s roadsides provide many benefits, including the harvesting of hay. Each year, land owners and others can apply for a permit to harvest hay from highway roadsides. Safety is the main reason the Iowa Department of Transportation requires permits to access or perform any type of work in the state highway roadsides. To enhance safety, everyone working along a state highway is required to wear a fluorescent green safety vest and provide traffic...
MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa – July 3, 2014 – A Portland cement concrete resurfacing project on U.S. 63 from the north city limits of Montezuma to just south of Interstate 80 in Poweshiek County will require detouring traffic around the work zone beginning Thursday, July 10, until mid-September, weather permitting, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Marshalltown construction office. Traffic will be detoured around the work zone using Main Street, Iowa 85, Iowa 21, I-80 and U.S. 63. Iowa DOT’s construction...
AMES, Iowa – July 2, 2014 – The Iowa Transportation Commission will hold its next business meeting Tuesday, July 8, in the Materials conference room at the Iowa Department of Transportation headquarters at 800 Lincoln Way in Ames. Business meeting agenda Time Title Presenter 1:30 p.m. *Approve Minutes of the June 10, 2014, Commission Meeting Connie Page, Commission secretary, 515-239-1242 Commission Comments Staff Comments 1:35 p.m. *Transfer of Jurisdiction – 219th Lane in Boone County Scott Dockstader, district engineer, District...
Sioux City, Iowa – July 2, 2014 – Traffic on north- and southbound Interstate 29 north of the Sergeant Bluff interchange (exit 141) and south of the Floyd Boulevard interchange (exit 147) will be closed between 7:30 p.m. and midnight Wednesday, July 2, to allow for roadway maintenance operations within the existing construction zones, weather permitting, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Sioux City District Office. Traffic will be stopped for up to 20-minute intervals. Motorists approaching this area...