Iowa bridges: many deficient yet few are high-traffic
Iowa ranks high in total deficient bridges but low traffic on those structures. Insurance Quotes data show 24,184 structurally deficient bridges last year, 20.5 percent of all bridges, with 271 daily crossings on deficient primary bridges and over 31 percent planned for replacement or repair.
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Iowa
Insurance
Jim Nelson
Office of Bridges and Structures
Iowa Department of Transportation
Insurance Quotes
Minnesota
South Dakota
American Road and Transportation Builders Association
Federal Highway Administration
Pennsylvania
Laura Adams
Adams
Nelson
Tom Rielly
Iowa Transportation Commission
United Fire backs downtown Cedar Rapids growth and preservation
Cedar Rapids officials cite United Fire and its real estate arm United Real Estate Holdings as committed to downtown, owning most of a block between First and Second streets SE. The company plans to demolish the 213 Second St SE building for a temporary parking lot while pursuing a four to five year rebuild, with historic graffiti to be documented.
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Cedar Rapids
Ron Corbett
United Fire
United Real Estate Holdings Lcc
Smulekoff Investment Co
Second St. SE
Lipsky Family Ltd Partnership
First
Second Streets
First Avenue
Second Street
First and
Second Avenues
Second
Third Avenues
Corbett
Drug
Stoffer Hunter
Second and
Cobble Hill Eatery
May’s Drug
Legends
May
Franklin Rainbolt
United
Commission
Rainbolt
B.J. Hobart
Hobart
Emily Breen
Iowa and D C talks focus on biofuel standard stance
Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds plans a Washington trip to meet EPA head Scott Pruitt and Vice President Pence about the federal biofuel standard. Senators Grassley and Ernst press for clear positions while Iowa officials brief farmers and industry leaders on potential EPA proposals threatening Iowa jobs.
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Pruitt
EPA
Rick Perry
Energy Department
Carl Icahn
Iowa
Kim Reynolds
Washington
Mike Pence
Pella
Iowa Renewable Fuels Association
Grassley
Joni Ernst
Ment
Ernst
Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
Trump Administration
William Wehrum
Office of Air and Radiation
Leigh Claffey
Wehrum
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Zimmerman
Mitohell.schmidt
Thegazette
Cliff Jete
the Gazette
Burlington Street
Iowa River
Iowa City
Brian.morelli
Biofuels/Reynolds
Pence
D.C
Erin Murphy
The
Gazette-Lee Des Moines Bureau
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