Wary IDOT weighs Hoover Highway marking for tourism
Ames officials push to mark the 42 mile Herbert Hoover Highway with signs funded by the Hoover Library Association. IDOT worries about costs and policy while supporters cite tourism potential and local endorsements along the route from Iowa City to Cedar County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Rasdal
Ames
Iowa
Iowa Department of Transportation Commission
Tom Walsh
Hoover Presidential Library Association
West Branch
Idot Commission
Johnson
Cedar
Herbert Hoover
Old Capitol
Iowa City
Springdale
Rochester
Tipton
Cedar County
London
Walsh
Hoover
Europe
United States
IDOT
Ortgies
Library Association
del van Horn
Jefferson
Commission
Austin Turner
Corning
Gasoline consumption declines despite lower prices in Iowa
Pat Cain of the Iowa Department of Transportation notes only a 1 percent rise in total yearly traffic despite cheaper fuel. July Fourth weekend and Memorial Day travel rose modestly, while rural interstates up 4 percent and rural primary highways down 1 percent. Gasoline sales drop about 7 percent this year and diesel 11 percent.
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Dave Rasdal Ames
Pat Cain
Iowa Department of Transportation Planning and Research Staff
IDOT
Cain
Iowa
Heartland Rail repays state loan on schedule
Heartland Rail Corp repaid $975,000 of a $15 million Iowa road use tax fund loan as scheduled. The loan through the Iowa Railway Finance Authority is to be repaid in 15 years by 1999. Heartland spent $31 million in 1984 to buy former Rock Island Railroad tracks spanning Council Bluffs Des Moines Brooklyn Marengo Iowa City West Liberty and Davenport into Illinois.
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Ames
Heartland Rail Corp
Iowa Road
Les Holland
IDOT
Rail and Water Division
Idot Commission
Heartland
Iowa Railway Finance Authority
Rock Island Railroad
Council Bluffs
Des Moines
Brooklyn
Marengo
Iowa City
West Liberty
Davenport
Illinios
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