The RAISE grant, awarded by the U.S. Department of Transportation, would fund much of the approximately $50 million project to replace the Eighth Avenue bridge with a cable-stayed one that could stay open over the Cedar River during extreme flooding.
Progress on $750 million flood protection system is “great story to tell back in Washington,” Rep. Hinson says after tour, but she also sees a funding gap as materials prices rise.
Development of the greenway along the Cedar River is among a handful or so of the Cedar Rapids City Council’s top priorities as an influx of funding helps accelerate construction of permanent flood protection.
Census data shows that in the three years since devastating 2019 floods submerged Pacific Junction in southwest Iowa, the town’s population has shrunk from 475 to less than 100. Now the question is whether it will remain a town.
City conducting damage assessments and providing free debris pick up
Governor also signs new version of ’ag gag’ law, over 30 other measures.
Construction upticks as local, state and federal funding streams pour more money into the city
CEDAR RAPIDS – When the Cedar River flooded over 10 square miles of the city in 2008, few property owners …
CEDAR RAPIDS – Flood threats are too familiar to Al Pierson, owner of a 92-year-old business in the Time Check …
CEDAR RAPIDS – Cedar Rapids is closing roads, parks and trails in low-lying areas in response to predicted elevated river …
CEDAR RAPIDS — Timelines for three major flood control projects on deck for 2020 worth more than $6 million have …
OMAHA, Neb. – Republican senators from four states that have seen severe flooding from the Missouri River are backing legislation …
CEDAR RAPIDS – There’s a slightly elevated risk of spring flooding on the Cedar and Iowa rivers, but nothing like …
Spring flooding again threatens both sides of Iowa, National Weather Service forecasters reported Thursday in the first of three predictions …
DES MOINES – The GOP-run Iowa Senate on Thursday passed a $20 million flood aid package to repair damaged levees …
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