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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 16, 1986

Page

11

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.

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.

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.

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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