May 2018
AMES, Iowa – May 30, 2018 – The Iowa Mississippi River Parkway Commission (MRPC) will meet Monday, June 4, 2018, at the Princeton Community Center in the Boll’s Building, 428 S. River Drive in Princeton. Iowa Mississippi River Parkway Commission Agenda 10 a.m. Welcome and introductions *Approval of Feb. 5, 2018, meeting minutes 10:15 a.m. *Treasurer report and approval *Final Budget planning for 2018 -Interpretative center staff update *Future meeting schedule -Third Monday July, October, January, April. -National MRPC annual...
The Iowa Department of Transportation is sending the following information as a courtesy to the Nebraska Department of Transportation. May 29, 2018 (Omaha, Neb.) — Westbound Interstate 80 will be reduced to one lane at 24th Street beginning at 10 p.m. Tuesday, May 29 through Wednesday, June 13, according to the Nebraska Department of Transportation. This lane reduction is necessary to facilitate construction on westbound I-80. Hawkins Construction Company is the contractor on this project. Motorists are urged to drive...
The Iowa Department of Transportation is sending the following information as a courtesy to the Nebraska Department of Transportation. May 25, 2018 (Omaha, Neb.) — Westbound Interstate 80 will be reduced to one lane at 24th Street beginning at 10 p.m. Tuesday, May 29 through Wednesday, June 13, according to the Nebraska Department of Transportation. This lane reduction is necessary to facilitate construction on westbound I-80. Hawkins Construction Company is the Contractor on this Project. Motorists are urged to drive...
AMES, Iowa – May 24, 2018 – The Iowa Department of Transportation will hold a public information meeting Tuesday, June 5 to discuss proposed improvements on U.S. 30 from west of Iowa 21 east to 11th Avenue Drive, including the proposed U.S. 30 and Iowa 21 interchange in Tama and Benton counties. All interested persons are invited to attend this meeting anytime between 5 and 6:30 p.m. at the Belle Plaine Community Center, 1304 5th Ave., in Belle Plaine. The...
NEW HAMPTON, Iowa – May 23, 2018 – A project to replace the bridge over Buck Creek on Iowa 3 located 0.6 miles east of Bremer County Road V-56 will require closing the roadway to traffic from 8 a.m. Tuesday, May 29, until mid-October 2018, weather permitting, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s New Hampton construction office. During this project, traffic will be detoured around the work zone using Bremer County roads V-56, C-33, V-62, and Iowa 3. The...
NEW HAMPTON, Iowa – May 23, 2018 – A hot-mix asphalt pavement resurfacing project on Iowa 93 in Tripoli will require closing the roadway to traffic beginning at 8 a.m. Tuesday, May 29, weather permitting, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s New Hampton construction office. Replacement of sanitary sewers related to this project will require detouring traffic around the work zone using Bremer County roads V-43, C-33, V-56, and Iowa 93 until Saturday, July 28. This project will be...
ANKENY, Iowa – May 22, 2018 – An investigation by the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Investigation & Identity Protection has uncovered fraudulent business practices at Adams Motor Company in Denison. Due to the nature of this criminal behavior, the Iowa DOT is in the process of revoking the vehicle dealer’s license that was issued to Robert Adams for this business. Customers alleged Adams was mishandling the money they paid for certain services related to vehicle purchases. The investigation...
NEW HAMPTON, Iowa – May 21, 2018 – Work to repair a median barrier damaged over the weekend will require intermittent road closures on Iowa 58 on the north side of Viking Road from 9 p.m. until midnight on Tuesday, May 22, weather permitting, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s New Hampton construction office. At the intersection with Viking Road, traffic on Iowa 58 will be directed to go either east or west on Viking Road. There will be...
SIOUX CITY, Iowa – May 17, 2018 – A reconstruction project to grade and replace pavement on U.S. 75 in Plymouth County from north of Merrill to south of Le Mars requires closing the northbound lanes and shifting traffic to a head-to-head traffic pattern in each direction on the existing southbound lanes beginning at 8 a.m. Monday, June 4, until Tuesday, Sept. 4, weather permitting, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s District 3 Office. Traffic impacts Plymouth County Road...
AMES, Iowa - May 16, 2018 - The Iowa Department of Transportation is working across the state this spring and summer to determine how many cars, trucks, and other vehicles are using the state, county, and city roadways. This year's efforts are concentrated in southeast Iowa, but occasionally crews will work elsewhere in the state. Some employees will spend peak hours between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. at a location counting the morning, noon, and evening traffic. They count and...