April 2018
AMES, Iowa – April 23, 2018 – As part of the next phase of a 2016 settlement with Volkswagen, a working group of state agency officials, led by the Iowa Department of Transportation, is seeking public input on a draft Beneficiary Mitigation Plan. This plan outlines a high-level vision for use of Iowa’s allocation of funds from the Volkswagen settlement. This settlement was intended to improve air quality in our state. There will be approximately $21 million available in Iowa...
MASON CITY, Iowa – April 20, 2018 – A project to resurface the pavement on U.S. 65 between 6th Street and 18th Street in Mason City begins at 7:30 a.m. Monday morning, April 23, and will be completed by late September 2018, weather permitting, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Mason City construction office. Traffic will be restricted to one lane in each direction throughout the project. Initial work includes removing the traffic signals at Ninth Street. The Iowa...
AMES, Iowa – April 19, 2018 – The Iowa Department of Transportation is providing public notice of the corridor preservation for the Interstate 80 corridor from Dallas County Road R-16 to Grand Prairie Parkway in Waukee and West Des Moines, in Dallas County. This notice includes a depiction of the corridor preservation area on a map, which is available at https://iowadot.gov/ole/public-involvement/public-involvement-no-meeting/current-noticeswww.iowadot.gov/ole/otherprojectinfo.html. Width of the corridor preservation zone varies depending upon location within the corridor. The Iowa DOT implemented corridor preservation...
CHEROKEE, Iowa – April 18, 2018 – A bridge deck overlay project on the U.S. 18/U.S. 71 bridge over the Little Sioux River in Spencer will require closure of the northbound lanes, shifting traffic to the southbound lanes, and reducing traffic to one lane in each direction starting at 7 a.m. Monday, April 23, until late May 2018, weather permitting, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Cherokee construction office. There will be an 11-foot lane width restriction in the...
MASON CITY, Iowa – April 16, 2018 – A reconstruction project on Iowa 17 from the north city limits of Eagle Grove to Iowa 3 in Goldfield will require closing the roadway to traffic from 8 a.m. Monday, April 23, until early October 2018, 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 Wright County roads C-54, R-33, and Iowa 3. Cedar Valley Corporation...
AMES, Iowa – April 16, 2018 – The Iowa Department of Transportation will hold a public information meeting Thursday, April 26 to discuss proposed improvements on Iowa 14 from one-half mile south of U.S. 30, north to the Iowa River bridge in Marshall County. All interested persons are invited to attend this meeting anytime between 5 and 6:30 p.m. at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum, gymnasium, 20 W. State St., in Marshalltown. The meeting will be conducted utilizing an open forum...
MASON CITY, Iowa – April 13, 2018 – A reconstruction project on Iowa 17 from the north city limits of Eagle Grove to Iowa 3 in Goldfield will require closing the roadway to traffic from 8 a.m. Tuesday, April 17, until early October 2018, 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 Wright County roads C-54, R-33, and Iowa 3. Cedar Valley Corporation...
NEW HAMPTON, Iowa – April 13, 2018 – In preparation for the traffic shifts and lane closures at the Iowa 58/Viking Road interchange project on Monday morning, April 16, traffic on Iowa 58 will not be able to make left-hand turns at Viking Road from 3 a.m. until 7 a.m., weather permitting, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s New Hampton construction office. The Iowa DOT reminds motorists to drive with caution, obey the posted speed limit and other signs...
NEW HAMPTON, Iowa – April 12, 2018 – Beginning Monday morning, April 16, north- and southbound traffic at the Iowa 58/Viking Road interchange project in Cedar Falls will be shifted to the outside lanes with the inside lanes being closed, weather permitting, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s New Hampton construction office. For the past several weeks the southbound outside lane has been closed and both northbound lanes have been open to traffic. In late April, weather permitting, the...
SIOUX CITY, Iowa – April 12, 2018 – Repairs at the Chicago, Central & Pacific Railroad and Union Pacific Railroad crossings at Iowa 37 in Dunlap will require closing the roadway to traffic beginning at 9 a.m. Wednesday, April 18, until Thursday, April 19, weather permitting, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Sioux City construction office. During this closure, traffic will be detoured around the work zone using U.S. 30, Remsen Street, Harrison County Road F-14, and Iowa 37....