Articles Tagged: Infrastructure

Iowa will receive roughly $5 billion over five years in new federal funding under the recently passed bipartisan infrastructure bill.

So Eastern Iowa’s Republican members of Congress, 1st District Rep. Ashley Hinson and 2nd District Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, voted against …

Grassley also heard support from the chambers of commerce of the 10 or 12 largest Iowa cities and the Iowa Farm Bureau as well as commodity groups representing cattlemen, pork producers, and soybeans and corn growers.

Seventh Avenue-10th Street junction will be closed six weeks

The central Iowa city has spent the past 14 years reestablishing itself after Maytag, the washing machine manufacturer that at its peak employed more than 3,000 people, left the city in 2007.

The bridge, the first of its kind in Iowa and eligible to be added to the National Register of Historic Places, will be torn down in April

Cara Briggs Farmer, a local artist and business owner, has spent the last few years designing public art pieces for various communities in Eastern Iowa

Some smaller communities saw populations barely grow or shrink. Central City, Alburnett and Walford are all in the midst of upgrading water treatment facilities, streets and more to prepare for any future growth.

Republican Chuck Grassley voted for, and Republican Joni Ernst against, the overall $1 trillion infrastructure bill, which had strong bipartisan support: it passed the Senate by

Bipartisan infrastructure package, reconciliation and House earmarks moving on three independent tracks.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate advanced a roughly $1 trillion infrastructure plan on Friday with a bipartisan group of senators helping it clear one more hurdle and bracing to see if support can hold during the next few days of debate and efforts to amend it.

Construction is slated to begin July 13; businesses will remain open during two-year project.

Busy intersection will be closed for eight weeks, starting June 21

Concrete planters have been poured and railings will be installed in July. Iowa City officials hope this will make people think twice about climbing up the bridge arches.

Future storms and cyberattacks are among threats facing Iowa’s energy infrastructure.