AMES, Iowa – Nov. 20, 2018 – The Iowa Department of Transportation is now accepting grant applications for the Volkswagen Settlement Environmental Mitigation Trust program. In 2016, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) filed a complaint alleging Volkswagen violated the Clean Air Act with the sale of motor vehicles between 2009 and 2016 equipped with “defeat … Read more
CHARITON, Iowa – Nov. 19, 2018 – Construction work on the Iowa 149 bridge over Cedar Creek between 170th and 180th streets north of Ottumwa is nearing completion. The Iowa Department of Transportation anticipates the roadway will reopen to traffic the second week of December, weather permitting, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Chariton … Read more
MASON CITY, Iowa – Nov. 19, 2018 – Iowa 17 from the north city limits of Eagle Grove to Iowa 3 in Goldfield will reopen to traffic Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 21, weather permitting, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Mason City construction office. Cedar Valley Corporation was the prime contractor for the $5,748,035 reconstruction … Read more
NEW HAMPTON, Iowa – Nov. 16, 2018 – As part of the two-year U.S. 63 reconstruction from Jefferson to Franklin streets in Waterloo, traffic switches will occur beginning at 8 a.m. Monday, Nov. 19, weather permitting, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s New Hampton construction office. The northbound lanes of U.S. 63 from Jefferson … Read more
NEW HAMPTON, Iowa – Nov. 14, 2018 – As part of the Iowa 58 and Viking Road interchange project in Cedar Falls, traffic shifts will occur on the evening of Sunday, Nov. 18, weather permitting, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s New Hampton construction office. North- and southbound Iowa 58 traffic will be separated … Read more
AMES, Iowa – Nov.13, 2018 – The Iowa Transportation Commission approved the following items during its meeting today in the Materials Conference Room at the Iowa Department of Transportation’s headquarters at 800 Lincoln Way in Ames. Business meeting agenda Tuesday, Nov. 13 Order number Title … Read more
AMES, Iowa – Nov. 9, 2018 – The Iowa Transportation Commission will hold its next business meeting Tuesday, Nov. 13, in the Materials Conference Room at the Iowa Department of Transportation’s headquarters at 800 Lincoln Way in Ames. Business meeting agenda Tuesday, Nov. 13 Time Title … Read more
AMES, IOWA – Nov. 8, 2018 – All Iowa Department of Transportation business locations will be closed Thursday and Friday, Nov. 22 and 23. Normal operations business hours will resume on Monday, Nov. 26, for all offices except Iowa DOT driver’s license service centers. Driver’s license service centersAll Iowa DOT driver’s license service centers, … Read more
AMES, Iowa – Nov. 7, 2018 – The Iowa Department of Transportation is announcing the temporary closure of the undeveloped rest area at milepost 51 on southbound Interstate 35 in Warren County beginning Nov. 19, 2018. The rest area is used mostly by commercial motor carriers. Because the ramp from the rest area to I-35 … Read more
NEW HAMPTON, Iowa – Nov. 2, 2018 – As part of the U.S. 63 reconstruction project in Waterloo, Logan Avenue at the CN rail crossing will be closed from 8 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 6, until late January 2019, for placement and removal of a temporary rail detour, utility work, and installation of a new crossing, … Read more