Attorney General proposes moving assistant to handle IDOT tort claims
Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller proposed transferring John Perkins from Des Moines to Ames to manage tort claims against the Iowa Department of Transportation. Perkins would join Lester Paff as IDOT counsel, with Perkins paid by IDOT and a roughly $50,000 budget increase.
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Dave Rasdal Cette
Ames
Iowa Department of Transportation
Iowa
Tom Miller
Idot Commission
Miller
John Perkins
Des Moines
IDOT
Perkins
Iowa Attorney General
Volved
del van Horn
Jefferson
Paff
Iowa Bridges Remain Young and Manageable, IDOT Says
IDOT director Gus Anderson told the commission that about 63 bridges a year must be replaced to keep a 60 year life expectancy, with 850 bridges over 40 years old and 26,000 total on Iowa's system. He noted a $25 to $30 million annual investment would sustain the program despite ongoing bridge challenges.
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Ames
Iowa
Iowa Department of Transportation
Gus Anderson
IDOT
Idot Commission
Anderson
Nderson
Texas
Ohio
IDOT Fuel Purchase Tops Four Million Dollars
The Iowa Department of Transportation contracted for more than 5 million gallons of fuel across the state. About 3.14 million gallons of unleaded gasoline priced at 88 cents, 506,700 gallons of No 1 diesel at 87 cents, and 1.42 million gallons of No 2 diesel at 81 cents were bought. Total cost expected at $4,362,609 with price fluctuations allowed.
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Ames
Iowa Department of Transportation
County road money totals $239 million in 1984
Ames Iowa report shows 99 county road departments spent 239 million dollars in 1984 on road building and maintenance. County engineers allocated about 95 million for maintenance and 36.5 million for construction with revenue mainly from taxes.
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Ames
Iowa
Iowa Department of Transportation Commission
State to allot 4.3 million in transit aid in Iowa
Iowa Department of Transportation approves a budget that will send more than 1.8 million in regular state aid and 2.5 million annually from the RISE program to 34 mass transit systems in Ames, Cedar Rapids, Iowa City, Dubuque and others. The plan, starting July 1, distributes funds by system efficiency and local match, with urban and regional shares split nearly evenly and Cambus of Iowa City added to the program.
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Dave Rasdal
Jzette
Ames
Iowa
Iowa Department of Transportation Commission
RISE
Candace Bakke
Idot Transit Division
IDOT
Cambus
Iowa City
Bakke
Cedar Rapids
Coralville
Dubuque
Waterloo
Howard
Winneshiek
Allamakee
Fayette
Clayton Counties
Tama
Poweshiek
Marshall
Hardin
Buchanan
Black Hawk
Bremer
Chickasaw
Butler
Grundy
Delaware
Jackson
Cedar
Muscatine
Clinton
Scott Counties
Benton
Linn
Jones
Johnson
Washington
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