Published: August 23, 2011
Tags: bridge, Highway 9, IDOT, Iowa Department of Transportation, Mississippi River
LANSING, Iowa (AP) – Iowa transportation officials will be reopening a bridge over the Mississippi River between Lansing and De Soto, Wis. Spokesman Peter Hjelmstad told radio station KCHA in Charles City that repairs had gone smoothly but more work is needed. There will be lane closures while the work is completed, but the span [...]
Published: August 23, 2011
Tags: accident, IDOT, Illinois Department of Transportation, Ryan Nichols
WOODSTOCK, Ill. (AP) – A 34-year-old man was struck and killed by a car while working for the Illinois Department of Transportation in northern Illinois. The accident happened Monday on Route 14 in Woodstock. Authorities say IDOT worker Ryan Nichols of Kenosha was pronounced dead at Centegra Hospital. McHenry County Deputy Coroner Kim Bastic said [...]
Published: April 27, 2011
Tags: IDOT, Iowa Department of Transportation, Nancy Richardson, Paul Trombino, Wisconsin Department of Transportation, WisDOT
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Gov. Terry Branstad has named a Wisconsin man as the new director of the Iowa Department of Transportation. Branstad on Wednesday appointed 44-year-old Paul Trombino of Verona to replace Nancy Richardson, who is retiring. Richardson has been director since 2005. Her last day is Thursday. Trombino is a bureau director [...]
Published: November 9, 2010
Tags: Dan Krom, Dena Gray-Fisher, high-speed rail, IDOT, Iowa Department of Transportation, Jerry Miller, Minnesota Department of Transportation, Minnesota High-Speed Rail Commission, MnDOT, Rail, St. Paul Area Chamber of Commerce, Zach Schwartz
By Joe Lanane High-speed rail is alive in Minnesota and Illinois despite Wisconsin Gov.-elect Scott Walker’s promise to pluck the heart out of a regional network connecting the states. “We have no indication we’re not moving forward,” said Dan Krom, director of the Minnesota Department of Transportation’s high-speed rail office. But a Tuesday letter attributed [...]
Published: May 7, 2010
Tags: Beloit, Beloit bypass, bypass, I-90, IDOT, Illinois Department of Transportation, Interstate 90, Soltau, South Beloit, Stateline Area Transportation Committee
By Sean Ryan Local opposition and arguments against the need for a Beloit bypass killed the project years ago, but it finally was buried Friday when federal planners canceled environmental studies. Planners in Beloit first proposed the project in 1971, when they wanted a new route that would redirect truck traffic away from the city, [...]