AMES, Iowa – Feb. 9, 2016 – The Iowa Transportation Commission approved the following items during its meeting today at the Iowa Department of Transportation’s headquarters in Ames.
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D-2016-47 |
Approve Minutes of the Jan. 12, 2016, Commission Meeting |
Approved |
Jennifer Anderson, |
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D-2016-48 |
Approve Commission Meeting Dates from June 2016 through May 2017 |
Approved |
Jennifer Anderson, |
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MV-2016-49 |
Administrative Rule: 761 IAC 615, Investigation of Convictions Based on Fraud |
Approved |
Stuart Anderson, director, |
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H-2016-50 |
Administrative Rules: -761 IAC 161, Federal-Aid Highway Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Program -761 IAC 170, Allocation of Farm-to-Market Road Funds -761 IAC 172, Availability of Instructional Memorandums to County Engineers |
Approved |
Mitch Dillavou, director, |
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PPM-2016-51 |
Linking Iowa’s Freight Transportation System |
Tammy Nicholson, director, Office of Rail Transportation, |
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PPM-2016-52 |
Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2017 Federal Aviation Administration Funding Preapplications |
Approved |
Shane Wright, |
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PPM-2016-53 |
Revitalize Iowa’s Sound Economy (RISE) Application |
Approved |
Craig Markley, director, |
Boone and Boone County: Up to $127,345 from the city share and $327,457 from the county share of the RISE Fund was approved for an Immediate Opportunity grant to assist in the paving of approximately 1,500 feet of Quartz Avenue located on the northeast side of Boone. This project is necessary to provide improved access to the proposed site of KemX Global, a renewable chemical refinery of crude glycerin and nongenetically modified organism cooking oil which supports the creation of 41 new full-time jobs and more than $28 million in associated capital investment. This project is anticipated to be completed by November 2017.
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