Secondary Roads

"The RAISE Grant will add a Center Left Turn Lane to G30 from Railroad Highway to I80 in Underwood, as well as replacing the Mosquito Creek Bridge.  The existing Mosquito Creek Bridge is Structurally Deficient with weight restrictions looming. The existing pavement on this section is beyond repair.  There is a lot of truck traffic and congestion due to the truck stop, repair shops, hotels, restaurants, commuters, and the Jack Link’s warehouse.  The goal of this project is to resolve these issues and maintain through traffic during the construction.

It is great to see that Pottawattamie County can be competitive on a national level and reassuring that we now know what success looks like in the pursuit of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act funding.  I appreciate the efforts of my fellow County Engineer partners; our consultant, HDR Inc.; staff covering the extra hours spent on a new venture; the City of Underwood; and the Board of Supervisors for their support and confidence in me and the Pottawattamie County Secondary Roads Department.

While the County isn’t receiving less funding than in the past, inflation has caused us to reduce the number of projects that we are planning by about 30% to make up for the higher costs.  The RAISE Grant will help get a project done that we’d otherwise be saving money for a decade to complete.  This funding will be instrumental in helping Pottawattamie County overcome the challenges of inflation that we expect to experience over the next few years." -Pottawattamie County Engineer, John Rasmussen! 

Read the U.S. Department of Transportation announcement here.

Local news story here.