April 2021
AMES, Iowa – April 30, 2021 – The Iowa Mississippi River Parkway Commission (MRPC) will convene a conference call Tuesday, May 4, 2021, at 10 a.m. to allow commissioners and the public to participate and avoid concerns related to the coronavirus, or COVID-19. Interested parties may join the call by dialing (800) 509-6344 and passcode 5778996. The phone line will be active shortly before the meeting and discontinued immediately after the meeting ends. Iowa Mississippi River Parkway Commission Agenda 10...
MASON CITY, Iowa – April 29, 2021 – A project to replace a culvert on Iowa 9, 0.5 miles east of Worth County Road S-62 near Grafton, requires closing the roadway to traffic beginning at 8 a.m. Wednesday, May 5, until Tuesday, May 18, weather permitting, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Mason City construction office. During this project, motorists will be detoured around the work zone by traveling north on Worth County Road S-62/Warbler Avenue for approximately 3...
AMES, Iowa – April 29, 2021 – Iowa Department of Transportation crews have shifted from plowing snow to spring and summer maintenance activities like patching potholes and painting road markings. These activities often take our people out of their trucks onto the roadway, dangerously close to speeding traffic. To help reduce the risk to our crews and everyone else who is on the road, we employ a number of safety practices including the use of audible attenuators on short-term, stationary,...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – April 28, 2021 – A road construction project on U.S. 151 in Fairfax will require lane restrictions beginning on Monday, May 10, weather permitting, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Cedar Rapids construction office. During this project, U.S. 151 will be restricted to a single lane from Church Street to Stallman Drive and maintained with traffic control signals for a period of approximately two weeks, weather permitting. Motorists should expect delays and seek alternate routes...
FAIRFIELD, Iowa – April 28, 2021 – The Iowa Department of Transportation began a bridge project on April 5 to replace the eastbound U.S. 34 bridge over the Skunk River, 2.6 miles west of Westwood. Construction is anticipated to be completed November 2021, weather permitting, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Fairfield construction office. The existing eastbound I-beam bridge will be replaced with a concrete beam bridge. U.S. 34 Traffic Control: Traffic will be maintained using two median one-lane...
ANKENY, Iowa – APRIL 28, 2021 – The Department of Homeland Security announced yesterday that due to circumstances resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, the deadline for REAL ID enforcement has been extended from October of this year to May 3, 2023. However, the Iowa Department of Transportation is encouraging anyone who plans to fly on a commercial airline or enter a federal building that checks identification upon entrance to consider obtaining a REAL ID sooner rather than later. Darcy Doty,...
SIOUX CITY, Iowa – April 27, 2021 – A bridge deck overlay project on Interstate 129 in Sioux City requires closing the ramp from southbound I-29 to westbound I-129/U.S. 20 from 8 a.m. Tuesday, May 11, until Monday, July 12, weather permitting, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s District 3 Office. During this project, motorists will be detoured to Singing Hills Boulevard, then to northbound I-29 and westbound U.S. 20 (see map). The Iowa DOT reminds motorists to drive...
(Editor's note: Resending release from April 26 with video clips attached) AMES, Iowa - April 27, 2021 – The Iowa Department of Transportation begins this National Work Zone Awareness Week honoring two of our own who lost their lives in work zone crashes in 2020. Lynn Wm. Roder – On Tuesday, July 21, 2020, Lynn, a 14+-year employee from our Ashton garage, was directing traffic in a construction zone on U.S. 18 near Boyden when he was struck and killed....
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa – April 26, 2021 – A box culvert replacement project on U.S. 59 over the West Nishnabotna River .2 miles south of Pottawattamie County Road G-30 south of Hancock will require closing the roadway to traffic beginning on Friday, April 30, until June 30, weather permitting, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Council Bluffs construction office. During this part of the project, motorists will be detoured around the work zone using Pottawattamie County roads G-30, M-47,...
AMES, Iowa - April 26, 2021 – The Iowa Department of Transportation begins this National Work Zone Awareness Week honoring two of our own who lost their lives in work zone crashes in 2020. Lynn Wm. Roder – On Tuesday, July 21, 2020, Lynn, a 14+-year employee from our Ashton garage, was directing traffic in a construction zone on U.S. 18 near Boyden when he was struck and killed. He left behind a wife, two children, and their spouses, two...