IDOT bridge repair & meetingsIowa Department of Transportation
District 6 Office 319-364-0235
430 Sixteenth Avenue SW FAX: 319-364-9614
P.O. Box 3150, Cedar Rapids, IA 52406-3150
February 19, 2002
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Dubuque County
2002-M-110
The Honorable Terrance M. Duggan, Mayor
50 West 13th Street
Dubuque, IA 52001-4864
SUBJECT: Proposed U.S. 20 Bridge Deck Joiht Repair Project
Dear Mayor Duggan:
This letter is official notification to your City Council that the Iowa Department of Transportation
(IDOT) proposes to let a U.S. 20 bridge deck joint repair project on the U.S. 20 Mississippi River
bridge between Dubuque, Iowa and East Dubuque, Illinois. The proposed project is scheduled to be
let on April 30, 2002. A previous notice of this proposed project was sent to you January 22, 2002.
The project is proposed for construction during 2002. The work will be done in accord with the
current Form 810034, "Agreement for Primary Road Extension Maintenance and Operation". Project
costs will be paid from the Primary Road Fund and no charges will be made against the city.
Resident Construction Engineer, Carey Lewis, of Manchester, Iowa, telephone number 1-563-927-
2397, will advise you of the contractor's proposed schedule when the information is available.
We would appreciate this project notification being included on your next City Council meeting
agenda as a matter of information for Council members.
Please contact this office if you have any questions concerning this project.
Richard E. Kautz, P.E.
District Engineer
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cc: Ed Fawkes, Bureau of Support Services, Iowa DOT, Ames, IA 50010
Art Goufley, P.E., District Staff Engineer, Iowa DOT, Dyersville, IA 52040
Carey Lewis, P.E., Resident Construction Engineer, Iowa DOT, Manchester, IA 52057
Iowa Department of Transportation
: 800 Lincoln Way, Ames, IA 50010 515-239-1661
FAX: 515-239-1120
February 12, 2002
NOTICE OF 2002 PUBLIC INPUT MEETINGS
This year the Iowa Transportation Commission intends to conduct four public
input meetings mound the state. These meetings are designed to allow citizens to
present ideas and comments on transportation policies and programs directly to
the commissioners without traveling to Ames.
The first public input meeting is Scheduled to be April 9, 2002, in Bettendorf.
Three additional meetings are tentatively planned for:
· June 18-in Des Moines;
· -August 6 .in Iowa Falls; and
· November 7th in Manchester.
The commissioners would like to hear from resentatives of regional and
metropolitan planning organizations, Iowa cities and counties, chambers of
commerce, economic development groups, modal transportation providers, and
other interested groups and individuals concerning existing policies. The
commissioners also welcome suggestions concerning future transportation needs,
policies and programs. The commissioners are responsible for approving the
Five-Year Transportation Improvement Program, which programs funding for the
primary and interstate highways, railroads, airports, recreational trails, RISE, the
Traffic Safety Improvement Program, the Transportation Enhancement Program,
and the Iowa Clean Air Attainment Program. The commissioners also provide
financial and technical assistance and policy direction for public transit programs
and advise on river transportation issues.
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February 12, 2002
To obtain a scheduled time on the agenda for the Commission meetings, please contact:
Office of Program Management
Iowa Depm tment of Transportation
800 Lincoln Way
Ames, IA 50010
Telephone: 515/239-1148
FAX: 515/239-1975
E-Mail: donald.tebben@dot.state.ia.us
Please include the time period you prefer and general topic regarding transportation
policies and programs you wish to discuss with the commission. This meeting is not
intended to address issues regarding specific projects, or issues on projects which are
under construction.
The meeting rooms will generally be small; therefore, your group should be sized
accordingly. We ask that any group wishing to make a statement or presentation to the
commissioners make a written request or call for time on the agenda. The statements,
presentations, suggestions or questions should be organized to last 20 minutes or less.
To accommodate as many requests as possible, it may be necessary to further limit the
amount of time available or to ask some groups to combine their presentations.
Sincerely,
Neil M. Volmer, Director
Planning & Programming Division
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