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County staff say DOT is considering proactive interstate closures during major winter storms; board raises concerns about local diversions
Summary
A county employee reported that DOT is exploring proactive interstate closures triggered by meteorological forecasts that could shut corridors from the Quad Cities to Iowa City during severe storms; supervisors raised concerns about traffic diverting to two‑lane local roads and asked staff to get more details.
At the Nov. 24 Muscatine County Board of Supervisors meeting a county employee, Brian, told the board the Department of Transportation (DOT) is exploring a plan to proactively close interstate segments during certain major winter storms based on its meteorological forecasts.
"They're going to look into doing a proactive closure of the interstate," Brian said, describing DOT’s preliminary approach: DOT would use its in-house meteorological forecast to meet a threshold that would trigger a…
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