The City Council has extended its contract with VeoRide, the vendor that owns and operates Cedar Rapids’ bike and scooter rental program. With the deal comes changes intended to promote safety and reduce the amount of clutter of the devices.
“Unfortunately we’re running into construction delays everyone is seeing,” said Deputy Library Director James Teahen.
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.
Love them or hate the devices, the City Council is slated to consider keeping electric scooters and bikes. The city may OK a three-year contract extension with VeoRide for the device rental program with changes to address safety and clutter concerns.
The citizen panel completing a once-a-decade review of Cedar Rapids’ charter anticipates extending the deadline to recommend changes to the city’s foundational document to leave ample time to review and weigh feedback.
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.
The City of Mount Vernon is holding a public meeting to introduce a wayfinding signage study to focus on drawing visitors to downtown Mount Vernon from the new Highway 30 interchange.
Twin Pines and Mini Pines, Gardner and Ellis Golf Courses are reopening for the season in Cedar Rapids.
Leveraging the onetime influx of federal funding through the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, here’s how Iowa communities are giving key priorities a boost to promote long-term growth as the nation shakes off the fiscal toll of COVID-19.
Four routes will have adjustments of one to four minutes from current arrival times starting Monday. Adjusting the arrival times will help transit drivers arrive at all destinations on time, the city said.
The Iowa City Council this month unanimously approved installation of a new playground and removal of the old one on the Ped Mall. The goal is to finish the work by July 1.
The Johnson County Board of Supervisors approved a $25,000 grant agreement with the Friends of Coralville Lake to be used toward a preliminary action plan and feasibility study to explore solutions to increasing sedimentation that eventually could close the lake to recreation.
The Cedar Rapids resident announced his run this week
Bermel, a real estate agent, will serve the term on North Liberty City Council through the end of 2023.
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