AMES, Iowa – Feb. 11, 2020 – The Iowa Transportation Commission today approved more than $9 million in funding for 107 new public transit vehicles to replace vehicles that have remained in service past their useful life as determined by the Federal Transit Administration. The Iowa Public Transit Bus Replacement Project was funded through the … Read more
AMES, Iowa – Feb. 7, 2020 – The Iowa Department of Transportation will hold a public information meeting Tuesday, February 18, to discuss the proposed traffic control options for the bridge replacements on old Iowa 926 over the Des Moines River, 1.3 miles north of the south junction of U.S. 169 and over the CN … Read more
AMES, Iowa – Feb. 6, 2020 – The Iowa Transportation Commission will hold its next business meeting Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020, in the Materials Conference Room at the Iowa Department of Transportation’s headquarters at 800 Lincoln Way in Ames. Attendees to the Feb. 11, 2020, meeting are asked to enter the Iowa DOT complex through … Read more
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa – Jan. 31, 2020 – The Iowa Department of Transportation’s Council Bluffs Interstate System Improvement Program has released its 2019 Annual Report. The report highlights progress made on construction and design projects over the last year. It also features information on public outreach, program status, statistics for work completed in 2019, and … Read more
AMES, Iowa – January 31, 2020 – The Iowa Department of Transportation is requesting public input on the proposed replacement of the existing culverts on Iowa Highway 5 just south of Monroe County Road T-19, and the project detour in Monroe County. The culvert project will replace the existing reinforced concrete box culverts with a … Read more
DES MOINES, Iowa – Jan. 28, 2020 – Work to repair pavement on Interstate 35 at the east mixmaster in Des Moines will require temporarily closing northbound I-35 and eastbound I-35/80 to northbound I-35 in Des Moines from 10 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 28, until 2 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 29, weather permitting, according to the Iowa … Read more
NEW HAMPTON, Iowa – Jan. 21, 2020 – Work to remove and replace existing sign trusses at the east Interstate 380/U.S. 20 interchange in Black Hawk County requires single lane and full road closures from 8 p.m. until midnight on Monday, Jan. 27 and Tuesday, Jan. 28, weather permitting, according to Iowa Department of Transportation’s … Read more
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – Jan. 16, 2020 – Beginning Tuesday, Jan. 21, travelers on the U.S. 218/Interstate 380 corridor in the Iowa City area will be able to see average travel times on digital message boards along and over the roadway. The Iowa Department of Transportation will use the area’s 20 message boards to display … Read more
AMES, Iowa – Jan. 16, 2020 – The Iowa Department of Transportation is requesting public input for a proposed culvert project on Iowa 144 over Buttrick Creek, 4 miles South of the Iowa 175 junction in Greene County. The proposed project will consist of replacing the existing 75’ x 30’ steel beam bridge with a … Read more
ANKENY, Iowa – Jan.15, 2020 – The Iowa Department of Transportation will open its newest driver’s license and identification service center Tuesday, Jan. 21 in Kettlestone Plaza between Jimmy Johns and UnityPoint Health Clinic at 1156 SE Ashworth Road, at the intersection of Ashworth Road and Grand Prairie Parkway in Waukee. Driver’s license and identification … Read more