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After the alignment was determined, state officials could consider the road for part of their five-year plan. Local officials would then begin trying to purchase right-of-way. While state officials stated that at best construction would not begin for another seven years, local officials were optimistic that community support could shorten that timeline. (2) | After the alignment was determined, state officials could consider the road for part of their five-year plan. Local officials would then begin trying to purchase right-of-way. While state officials stated that at best construction would not begin for another seven years, local officials were optimistic that community support could shorten that timeline. (2) | ||
On January 28, 1997 consultants, part of the team doing an environmental impact study of the proposed highway, met with the policy committee of the Dubuque Area Transportation Study. This was the fourth of eight meetings to be held with groups having an interest in the arterial. At the January meeting, those in attendance were asked to share their ideas of the route the road should follow. All but one of the twenty believed the new road should align with the [[NORTHWEST ARTERIAL]]. Other questions included how to handle potential intersections with North Cascade, Oakland Farms, and [[OLD MILITARY ROAD]] and whether the arterial was to move traffic or encourage economic development of property. The site of ending the arterial resulted in such responses as the intersection of Old Davenport Road and Highway 61/151, midway between Highway 52 and where 61/151 merge and the Lake Eleanor Road and 61/151 intersection. (3) | |||
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1. McDermott, Brad. "Study to Step Up Creation of Southwest Arterial," Telegraph Herald, January 1, 1997, p. 2. Online: https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=aEyKTaVlRPYC&dat=19970101&printsec=frontpage&hl=en | 1. McDermott, Brad. "Study to Step Up Creation of Southwest Arterial," Telegraph Herald, January 1, 1997, p. 2. Online: https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=aEyKTaVlRPYC&dat=19970101&printsec=frontpage&hl=en | ||
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3. McDermott, Brad. "Consultants Explore Southwest Arterial Routes," ''Telegraph Herald'', January 29, 1997, p. 3A. Online: https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=aEyKTaVlRPYC&dat=19970129&printsec=frontpage&hl=en | |||
Revision as of 16:34, 8 March 2016
SOUTHWEST ARTERIAL. City officials announced on January 1, 1997 that the environmental assessment and corridor location study was included in the Iowa Department of Transportation's five year construction plans. WHKS & Company of Mason City was chosen to lead the study which was expected to take eighteen months. The company would conduct interviews with local officials to determine their opinions, determine environmental impacts, and choose a preferred route for the road. The company would also review the last corridor study done in 1985 which had suggested the route should be along Cedar Cross Road. (1)
After the alignment was determined, state officials could consider the road for part of their five-year plan. Local officials would then begin trying to purchase right-of-way. While state officials stated that at best construction would not begin for another seven years, local officials were optimistic that community support could shorten that timeline. (2)
On January 28, 1997 consultants, part of the team doing an environmental impact study of the proposed highway, met with the policy committee of the Dubuque Area Transportation Study. This was the fourth of eight meetings to be held with groups having an interest in the arterial. At the January meeting, those in attendance were asked to share their ideas of the route the road should follow. All but one of the twenty believed the new road should align with the NORTHWEST ARTERIAL. Other questions included how to handle potential intersections with North Cascade, Oakland Farms, and OLD MILITARY ROAD and whether the arterial was to move traffic or encourage economic development of property. The site of ending the arterial resulted in such responses as the intersection of Old Davenport Road and Highway 61/151, midway between Highway 52 and where 61/151 merge and the Lake Eleanor Road and 61/151 intersection. (3)
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1. McDermott, Brad. "Study to Step Up Creation of Southwest Arterial," Telegraph Herald, January 1, 1997, p. 2. Online: https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=aEyKTaVlRPYC&dat=19970101&printsec=frontpage&hl=en
2. Ibid.
3. McDermott, Brad. "Consultants Explore Southwest Arterial Routes," Telegraph Herald, January 29, 1997, p. 3A. Online: https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=aEyKTaVlRPYC&dat=19970129&printsec=frontpage&hl=en