ANKENY, Iowa – March 15, 2021 – If you are heading out to a St. Patrick’s Day celebration this year, make sure to have more than just the luck o’ the Irish on your side. The March 17 holiday is the first of four traffic enforcement waves identified around the most unlucky and deadly times … Read more
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa – March 11, 2021 – A project to replace a bridge on Interstate 880 over Potato Creek will begin on Monday, Mar. 15, and end on Wednesday, Dec. 1, weather permitting, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Council Bluffs construction office. Initial work will include constructing a crossover. Starting on Apr. … Read more
CRESTON, Iowa – March 11, 2021 – A project to replace a bridge on U.S. 169 over the middle fork of the Grand River 5.3 miles south of Iowa 2 requires closing the roadway to traffic beginning at 7 a.m. Monday, Apr. 5, weather permitting, until Thursday, July 29, according to the Iowa Department of … Read more
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa — Mar. 11, 2021 – Council Bluffs residents and interstate travelers will soon notice construction activities beginning near the Interstate 29/I-480/West Broadway System Interchange. The I-29/I-480/West Broadway System Interchange project includes the area of I-29 north of the Union Pacific Railroad bridge to a point just west of North 25th Street, along … Read more
AMES, Iowa – March 11, 2021 – The Iowa Department of Transportation is requesting public input for two proposed bridge replacements on U.S. 69 in Polk County. The first proposed project is the replacement of an existing bridge on U.S. 69 over Fourmile Creek 0.3 miles north of Polk County Road F-22. The second proposed … Read more
AMES, Iowa – March 10, 2021 – The Iowa Transportation Commission will hold a public input meeting in Dubuque at the Hotel Julien Dubuque, 200 Main Street on Tuesday, Apr. 13, 2021, to hear about transportation matters from representatives of local government, interest groups, and individuals. Items that may be discussed at the meeting include … Read more
AMES, Iowa – March 9, 2021 – The Iowa Transportation Commission approved the following items during its meeting via teleconference today in Ames. Business meeting actions taken Tuesday, March 9 Order Number Title Action taken Presenter D-2021-63 … Read more
AMES, Iowa – March 9, 2021 – The Iowa Transportation Commission approved today more than $1.5 million 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 freight system. The program … Read more
JEFFERSON, Iowa – March 8, 2021 – A project to reconstruct and widen approximately one-half mile of Iowa 17 and construct an overpass over 210th Road and the Union Pacific Railroad tracks in Boone County will require detouring traffic on Iowa 17 north of 217th Road from 8 a.m. Monday, March 15, until July 2022, … Read more
AMES, Iowa – March 4, 2021 – The Iowa Department of Transportation is requesting public input for the proposed replacement of the U.S. 59 bridge over the East Nishnabotna River, one mile north of Iowa 48, on the Page and Fremont County line. The project includes replacing the existing 372’ x 28’ continuous I-beam bridge … Read more