The latest estimate for the project 52 Million Dollars up froa projection of 32 million in 2010. Officials blame the and the rising cost of construction. And drivers should also be ready to pay a price officials hope the work will take two years. Itll be a c cllenge, well be headtoheadadraffic for a majority of the project, right we have two lanes north bound two lanes south bound, we directions. Like terry dickens, whos seen this project through. Finding a new route for a couple years will be worth it in the end. It did takeonger than we expected but i think were on track now and ready to move forward. The Iowa City Council will hold a Public Meeting to discuss the final plan and will vote on it on december 15th. That will be the final and again, they plan to begin construction carlson, kcrg tv nine news. Employees in cedar rapids today that it is reorganizing. But there isnt any information yet about how that could impact jobs. Transamerica is an insurance and Investment Company that does most of its business in the us. The company told employees today that as part of its 2020 0 trategy, it is c cbining 14 different divisions into one compa. It will now be organized by function rather than products. Trunsamericas Senior Vice President released a ststement on the Re Organization today. It says in part transamerica is making internal changes to better deliver on a singular, consistent and. Positive cpstomer experience with our company at every touch point. The transition is starting in the f fst quarter of next year. And the company says its too early to comment on how this change will impact jobs. The city administrator of tiffin says that town will go along with the countys recent minimum wage increase. The Johnson County supervisors have approved a plan to raise the countys minimum wage to ten dollars ten last month, tiffin city leaders had discussed opting out. But after hearing a lot of support for the increase, the city council decided to accept the increase. Solon, swisher, oxford, and shueyville have voted against the countys increase and will stay with the state minimum hour. Meteorologist joe winters j jns us now with ououfirst iowa saw snow today. Can we expect any more of this . Our scatterer snow showers and flurries diminish tonight. Some few lingering flurries could still fly on wednesday but there is hope for a brighter sky on the horizon. Watch out for a norththst wind building to keep our highs in the middle 30s. A warming trend continues to look promising later thisiseek. As the sunshine becomes more apparent, rise into the middle to upper 40s starting weekend. Low 2531 winds sw 515tomorrow cloudy, scattered flurries high 3339 winds nw 1020 back to you. Iowa senator joni erert is retiring from the Iowa National guard after more than 20 years of service. Ernst says she is stepping back because she needs to focus more on her family and her ties as a us senator. And she served as a Company Commander during opererion iraqi freedom. Voters have just a few more hours to pick councncman quentin hart and former mayor tim hurley didnt get enough votes in the november third election to win, and that caused todays runoff. One of them ll replace mayor buck clark, who did not seek a fourtrtterm. And cedar falls also has a Runoff Election between current mayor jon crews and only a formality since crews dropped out of the race last month. Black hawk county auditor grant veeder said its uncommon for two mayoral runoffs to happen in one county. To have both of them be mayoral elections isretty unusual in our experience. I was checking back on recent runoffs weve had. In 2009, we had runoffs in both cities, but in one city it was a a uncilman at lalae. Turnout in Runoff Elections is traditionally low. In the 2009 runoff, 133 point seven percent of registered voters turned out in cedar falls. And 17 point 6 percent of registered voters went to the polls in waterloo. Votersrsn waterloos fourth h ward will l so pick a city council representativ e today. The candidates in the runoff are jerome amos jr. And chris schwartz. Quentin hart currently represents the fourth ward. Jeb bush says the us needs a experience. He made that comment during a stop at the Iowa Veterans museum in waterloo. Bush says he has proven through trial and erroro that he could be that leader, unlike front runner donald trump. Bush has fourpercent support compared to trumps 25 percent supplrt of likely republican caucusgoers according to the most recent quinnipiac poll. He also talked about how Climate Conference today. Well i havent seen what theyre proposing so i cant comment on it. I do worry that any initiative that hollows out our industrial core or retards Economic Growth is gonna be a problem. Bush also said he had a woman in mind to be e s vice president. Today is World Aids Day. The first World Aids Day took place in 1988, just four years after h iv was ididtified. Organizers say the purpose is for people across the world to unite in the battle support for those living with it, and commemorate those who have died. According to World Aids Day dot org, an estimated 34 Million People have the virus and more than 35 Million People have died as a result of hiv or aids. The group asks people wear a red ribbon today and raise money for the National Aids trust. Today students, politicians, and campus leaders read the names of iowans who have died of aids. The event ran from dawn until dusk on the university of iowas pentacrest. The participants read thoususds of names throughout the day. Organizers say events like this help people see those whove died of aids were people and not statists. Sot just kind of get people talking about hiv aids, theres a big stigma surrounding it, and we hope just bringing it to the forefront will get people to talk about it so we can hopefully one day end the pandemic. Of many events taking place this week in iowa city that aim to raise awareness of hiv and aids. Illinois budget crisis is having an effect on a Domestic ViolenceServices Provider that serves clients in iowa and illinois. Hear how Riverview Center is responding to not getting state funds. Thats next here on tv9. Eggleston stationed in honduras from the waterloo cedar falls area in iowa. Merry christmas and happy new year, job cuts and a reduction of service for a dubuque based Sexual Assault prevention agency. Since illinoioilawmakers have not approved a new budget, that state has not been paying grant commitments for human services. The rivervi center announced today it will clients they serve inn bottwestern illinois andndn dubuque. Kcrgtv9s Dubuque Bureau chief Katie Wiedemann is live in dubuque. Or the Riverview Centers Dubuque Office . The Riverview Center gets funding from both the state illinois. Staff says two people here in dubuque lost their jobs because of the cuts the e velopment director and the project coordinator. Bistate funded. Director carrimelton says, in the illinois offices they will be laying off 85 percent of their Domestic Violence staff and 33 percent of their Sexual Assault program staff. Melton says that deeply affects the families they serve. She says the center will now be unable to protect and assist those people. Also in her statement, melton said in n linois, victims of Domestic Violence will have no choice but to remain in a violent home which will force their children to live in that environment. She also says the loss of services will be a burden on police, prosecutors, schools and others. Live in dubuque Katie Wiedemann kcrg tv9 news. The hawkeyes are still sittin pretty when it comes to the latest College Football playoff poll. And coach kirk ferentz was named to a high honor today in the big 10. Scott looks at the award ahead in sports. Stay with your 24 hour news diminish tonight. Some few lingering flurries could still fly on wednesday but there is hope for a brighter sky on the horizon. Watch out for a northwest wind building to keep our highs in middle 30s. A warming trend continues to look promising later this week. As the sunshine becomes more apparent, high temperatures rise into the middle to upper 40s starting friday, lasting through the weekend. Tonight chancncof flurriri low 2531 winds sw 515tomorrow cloudy, scattered winds nw 1020tomorrow night mostly cloudy low 2228 wiwis nw 515thursday gradual clearing high 41 low 25 friday mostly sunny high 45 low 28 saturday partly cloududhigh 47 low 30 sunday partly cloudy high 46 low 31 monday slight chance of rain snow high 42 low 32 thanks joe. Up next tonight, scott has thth College Football playoff poll and the allbig 10 offensive team. And the kernels announced their but heres the latest College Football playoff poll. No change in the top four. Clemson is on top followed by alabama, oklahoma, and iowa, Michigan State is fifif and ohio state moves up to sixth. Congrats to kirk ferentz who was named the bi 10 coach of the year for the fourth time today and the offensive all big 10 team and jordan walsh was named first team by the coaches. Quarterback c. J. Beathard was named second team. The pride and joy of williamsburg center. And jordan canzeri was named third team runningback. Sean welsh and Matt Vandeberg were westerberg has more on the 120 hawkeyes. Its been a rollercoaste r ride the last four of five years for iowas senior class, and its featured some pretty l moments. 2012 seas was not fun going 48, just to be in this position as s niors is really satisfying. All our hard payed off and we just got to go out and finikh it now. Some of the seniors have been through it all. Weve e been to a big ten championship now, not making a bowl game earlier in our career so weve had all kinds of results. Last year was a bitter feeling as well. Finishing with tennessee was also a bad feeling as well for u we knew that a standard had to be set higher. And has it ever. At 120, this season has almost felt like a dream compared to those othe past. Pretty much when ie been here weve had mediocre seasons, so i never thought wed be sitting here in this situation. Eve n though it seems like a miraculous turnaround from just a year ago, the players say theres no magic formula for the success. Keep plugging a ay at it. Keep playing hard. Back in january we said this is what were going to do. We worked hard and its culminated in this. Weve done a heck of just coming out and playing our best every single week and we kept our eye on the prize this whole timehich is just the next game and thats what we try to do. The next game for iowa is one of the biggest in Program History and while the team is happy with what theyve accomplished so far, theres definitely a hunger for more. Were very happy that we were ableleo finish the season undefeated and have every trophy here, but theres one trophy that we want right now and thats our main focus is the big ten championship. In iowa city, scott westerberg, tv9 sports. Other football news. Iowa state backup quarterback grant rohach has decided to transfer. And finally baseball news. Jake mauer will return n manage the kernels s r hihi fourth season. Tommy watkins and ivan ortega were moved up to aa. Brian dinkelman will be the hting coach and jp Martinez Wille the new pitching coach for the kernels. Now heres a look at todays top web stories on kcrg dot com. Stay with your 24hour the Cedar Falls Fire Department is getting new helmet cameras coming up tonight at ten, hear how this will help the department investigate fires. And now to First Alert Storm Team meteorologis t joe winters for y yr final forecast. Our scattered snow showers and flurries diminish tonight. Some few lingering flurries could still fly on wednesday but there is hope for a brighter sky on the horizon. Watch out for a northwest wind building to keep our highs in the middle 30s. A warming trend continues to look promising later this week. As the high temperatures rise into the middle to upper friday, lasting through the weekend. Low 2531 scattered flurries high 3339 winds nw 1020 thanks for joining us for kcrgtv9 news at 6. We hope youll be with us again have a great evening