Downtown street conversions face extended timelines and confusions
City officials acknowledge delays in converting downtown streets to two way traffic. Projects on Second and Third avenues SE push completion to 2019 or 2020, with Oakland Road NE planned for 2018 and 16th avenues SW unchanged. Budgeted work totals include $1.27 million for Second Avenue SE conversions and $785,573 for railroad crossing arm projects along the Fourth Street SE corridor.
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Stephen Mally
the Gazette
Cedar Rapids
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Eighth Streets
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Fifth Avenue
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Downtown street plan outlines two way and crossing projects
The City Council agenda for next Tuesday includes plans to convert several downtown streets to two way traffic and install crossing arms. Projects cover Second, Fourth and Fifth avenues SE and various east side corridors with dates from 2017 to beyond 2019, alongside remaining one way segments and near I 380. Comments phone listed as (319) 339-3177. brian.morelli thegazette.com
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Brian.morelli
Thegazette
Iowa pedestrian deaths defy trend in 2016 says officials
Patrick Hoye and Kara Macek discuss why 2016 saw fewer pedestrian fatalities despite rising overall traffic deaths nationally. They cite engineering advances, education, enforcement, and roadway design flaws as factors. Officials warn against complacency and push urban enforcement and public awareness to sustain progress.
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Patrick Hoye
Governor’s
National Governors Highway Safety Association
Association
Hoye
Kara Macek
Governors Highway Safety Association
Macek
Iowa
State Public Safety Department
Traffic Safety Bureau
Sioux City
Steve Gent
Iowa Dot
Gent
Health care plans risk doubling the uninsured in a decade
President Trump pledges to ease rising health care costs while critics warn GOP repeal plans would sharply increase the uninsured. CBO estimates show the House plan would nearly double uninsured to over 50 million, with Senate proposals also disruptive. State budgets face Medicaid cuts, risking reduced services and enrollment limits.
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Senate health bill faces CBO analysis and July recess
The Congressional Budget Office will release an early week analysis estimating how many people could lose coverage under the Senate plan. With a July Fourth recess looming, resistance exists among five Republican senators, while Democrats unite to block passage if more than two Republicans oppose. The bills would slash Medicaid and cut marketplace subsidies, raising costs for many and pressuring providers and employers to offset unpaid care. Marshfield Clinic warns of increased free care burden. insurers could retreat from comprehensive benefits as markets destabilize without mandates.
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Congressional Budget Office
House
CBO
Marshfield Clinic
Wisconsin
Susan Turney
David Lansky
Pacific Business Group
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