Des Moines, Iowa — (RI) — The state Transportation Commission has approved the latest draft of its five-year Transportation Improvement Program.
DOT spokesman Stuart Anderson says they expect to have around three-point-five BILLION dollars available, which is similar to past years.
Some projects are completed and drop out of the plan every year and Anderson says new projects are then added to the fifth year. That includes several corridor projects this year, including the final stretch of two-lane expansion of Highway 61 in southwest Iowa.
And there is a project planned for Highway 63.
The plan also includes interstate projects that include I-29 reconstruction in Sioux City, six-lane improvements on I-35 in Polk and Story Counties, the I-74 Mississippi River Bridge replacement in Bettendorf, the I-80/380 Interchange reconstruction near Iowa City, six-lane improvements on I-80 in Johnson and Cedar Counties, I-380 in Hiawatha for the Tower Terrace Interchange, and the I-80/I-29 system in Council Bluffs. Millions of dollars in damage was done to road this year by flooding, but Anderson says that is not something that’s included in this plan.
You can see the entire plan online.
A majority of the fund for the highway program comes from the federal government.
