MASON CITY, Iowa – March 12, 2018 – A project to replace the bridge over the Des Moines River on Iowa 3 near Dakota City in Humboldt County will require closing the roadway to traffic between Humboldt County roads P-56 and P-63 from 8 a.m. Monday, March 19, until Oct. 31, weather permitting, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Mason City construction office. During this closure, traffic will be detoured around the construction zone using U.S. 169, Humboldt County...
AMES, Iowa – March 12, 2018 – The Secondary Road Fund Distribution Committee (SRFDC) will meet at 7:30 a.m. Thursday, March 15, 2018, at the Veterans Memorial Community Choice Credit Union Convention Center, Room 402, 833 Fifth Ave., in Des Moines, Iowa. AGENDA Approval of Aug. 24, 2017, minutes Update on Road Use Tax revenue projections Adam Shell, Iowa Department of Transportation’s Office of Systems Planning, 515-239-1221 Review of the Administrative Rules Chapter 102 Craig Markley, Iowa Department of Transportation’s...
AMES, Iowa – March 9, 2018 – The Iowa Transportation Commission will hold its next business meeting Tuesday, March 13, in the Materials Conference Room at the Iowa Department of Transportation’s headquarters at 800 Lincoln Way in Ames. Business meeting agenda Tuesday, March 13 Time Title Presenter 1:30 p.m. *Approve Minutes of the Feb. 13, 2018, Commission Meeting Danielle Griggs, Commission secretary, 515-239-1919 Commission Comments Staff Comments *Interstate 80 Dallas County Corridor Preservation Mitch Dillavou, director, Highway Division, 515-239-1124 *Transfer...
AMES, Iowa – March 8, 2018 – The Iowa Department of Transportation will hold a public information meeting Tuesday, March 20, to discuss proposed improvements on Interstate 35 from 1 mile south of Northeast 36th Street in Ankeny, in Polk County, to 1 mile north of 13th Street in Ames, in Story County. All interested persons are invited to attend this meeting anytime between 5 and 6:30 p.m. at the Ballard High School, 701 Ballard Drive, in Huxley. The meeting...
ANKENY, Iowa – March 2, 2018 – Wendell Keith Hunter, 57, of Forest City, Iowa, pled guilty to identity theft and a related charge filed in October 2016 against him by the Iowa Department of Transportation. The Iowa DOT's Bureau of Investigation & Identity Protection had been contacted to assist the Forest City Police Department. During the investigation, it was discovered that Hunter had assumed the identity of a Florida man several years before moving to Iowa. Hunter had been...