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Council questions $475,000 Highway 9 blasting estimate as DOT readies bid; asks staff to seek alternate bids
Summary
The Iowa DOT’s Highway 9 project includes rock blasting to make room for a future trail; city engineers presented a high‑end estimate (~$475,000) and said DOT will carry costs for two years. Council members asked staff to seek a separate bid or alternate so the council can decide with better cost certainty.
City engineers told the council that the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Highway 9 reconstruction would remove rock along a cut to create a 19‑foot corridor intended to accommodate a future nonmotorized trail. Engineering staff said the DOT removed a curb‑and‑gutter design in favor of a ditch and wider clear zone; that change transfers some long‑term maintenance responsibility to the DOT but also removed the temporary concrete barrier in the current alignment.
John Yellick, city engineering, said the DOT will carry the project’s…
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