WASHINGTON—Senator Chuck Grassley today announced the Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration is releasing $23,048,071 in emergency relief to Iowa for projects to repair or reconstruct federal highways, roads, and bridges throughout Iowa that suffered damage as a result of a variety of natural disasters.
Iowa will use the funds to provide emergency repairs needed to restore essential traffic, minimize the extent of damage, or protect the remaining facilities as well as permanent repairs necessary to restore the highway to its pre-disaster condition.
“Iowa has seen a lot of devastation due to natural disasters this year, but we have persevered and are working hard to get back to normal,” Grassley said. “Releasing this money now will allow these important projects to move forward. These funds will go a long way towards making sure Iowa’s roads and highways are safely able to be back in business.”
Below is a detailed description of the projects.
v $584,581 will be used to help repair and reconstruct Highway 12 in Plymouth County above the Big Sioux River where a landslide occurred due to a February 2007 winter storm.
v $155,992 will be used to help repair and reconstruct transportation systems that were affected by the heavy rains, wind, hail and thunderstorms which caused flooding between May and June 2007 in Audubon, Buena Vista, Cass, Clarke, Crawford, Dallas, Decatur, Fremont, Harrison, Ida, Monona, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie, Ringgold, Sac, Shelby, Taylor, Union and Woodbury counties.
v $22,307,498 will be used to help repair and reconstruct transportation systems that were affected by the tornadoes, heavy rains, wind, hail and thunderstorms which caused severe damages, flooding and related impacts to transportation systems in Iowa in June 2008. The Flooding forced the closure of 464 miles of Iowa’s primary transportation system, 303 bridges and culverts and did significant damage to the secondary road system as well. Counties affected by this disaster included Adair, Adams, Allamakee, Appanoose, Audubon, Benton, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler, Carroll, Cass, Cedar, Cerro Gordo, Chickasaw, Clarke, Clayton, Clinton, Crawford, Dallas, Davis, Decatur, Delaware, Des Moines, Dubuque, Fayette, Floyd, Franklin, Fremont, Greene, Grundy, Guthrie, Hamilton, Hancock, Hardin, Harrison, Henry, Howard, Humboldt, Iowa, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Johnson, Jones, Keokuk, Kosssuth, Lee, Linn, Louisa, Lucas, Lyon, Madison, Mahaska, Marion, Marshall, Mills, Mitchell, Monona, Monroe, Montgomery, Muscatine, Page, Palo Alto, Pocahontas, Polk, Pottawattamie, Poweshiek, Ringgold, Scott, Shelby, Story, Tama, Taylor, Union, Van Buren, Wapello, Warren, Washington, Wayne, Webster, Winnebago, Winneshiek, Woodbury, Worth and Wright counties.