Prepare for possible closure of Iowa 415 bridge over Saylorville Lake Dec. 22 and 23

Posted on: December 20, 2022 AMES, Iowa – Dec. 20, 2022 – If you are traveling in the Polk City area later this week, you should be prepared for emergency closures of the Mile Long Bridge on Iowa 415 over Saylorville Lake. The Iowa Department of Transportation may need to close the bridge due to high winds from approximately 12 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. … Read more

Iowa’s new driver safety campaign encourages you to look beyond yourself to make safer driving decisions

Posted on: December 19, 2022 Iowa’s new driver safety campaign encourages you to look beyond yourself to make safer driving decisions AMES, Iowa – Dec. 19, 2022 – When you’re behind the wheel on Iowa’s roads, you make decisions that impact you and those who share the road with you. The reasons to make … Read more

Iowa Transportation Commission approves FY 2024 Traffic Safety Improvement Program projects

FY24 Traffic Safety graphic

Posted on: December 13, 2022 ­­AMES, Iowa – Dec. 13, 2022 – Today, the Iowa Transportation Commission approved $7,901,027 in total funding for 30 separate projects from Iowa’s Traffic Safety Improvement Program. The program was created in 1987 for the purpose of increasing traffic safety on all of Iowa’s roadways. This funding is available … Read more

More than $330,000 awarded from Linking Iowa’s Freight Transportation System Program

Posted on: December 13, 2022 AMES, Iowa – Dec. 13, 2022 – The Iowa Transportation Commission approved more than $330,000 in grant funding for one transportation infrastructure-related development project under the Linking Iowa’s Freight Transportation System (LIFTS) program. The LIFTS program provides grants for projects that help meet the changing demands of Iowa’s multimodal … Read more

Iowa Department of Transportation

AMES, Iowa – Dec. 8, 2022 – The Iowa Transportation Commission will hold its next business meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022, in the Materials Conference Room at the Iowa Department of Transportation’s headquarters at 800 Lincoln Way in Ames. The public may attend in person if comfortable with doing so. Face coverings are not … Read more