Yeah, even that little bit like i said will help us out. Sot nat bunting was too busy to attend this ceremonial groundbreaking. But others made the Late Afternoon trip to see a significant first step. Temporary sand barriers will still be needed if the river gets close to the level of two weeks ago. But not as many and none that will divide newbo and leave some businesses exposed. This will protect all the investments in newbo and we wont have businesses on wet de side this is a big day for cedar rapids, a very big day for cedar rapids to get us going in the right direction so we dont have to live through what we lived through two weeks ago. Moving the dirt and building one pumping station here is a 14Million Dollar project. Another pumping station near 8th avenue southeast will bring this first step investment to about 20 Million Dollars. A good portion of that come from the sales tax money the state is allowing the city to use for flood protection. City leaders say those pumping stat
Asking for money to work on collins road. Lets look at traffic on collins in c avenue. According to the gazette, the city is asking the state for 1. 2 million to reduce traffic headaches on the busy road. Right now, more than 40,000 vehicles drive on collins every day and those numbers are expected to go up. The city is looking to spend up to eight in half Million Dollars to address congestion as well as biking and pedestrian amenities. Earlier this year, plans were scrapped to widen collins and created under past near lindell mall. There is no word on when they will make a decision, but we will let you know. Just weeks after major flood, the city of cedar rapids broke ground on a 14 Million Dollar stretch for permanent flood protection. Nouveau district. Reporter we are talking about a half mile earthen levee that will run from the front of where this truck is parked downriver for a few blocks and then stretch all the way up this bank to the African American museum at 12 avenue. A sho
Was a nobrainer. 16 41 18;03 its a fantastic idea he says it doesnt cost his company too much, and its a way to help people in the community. 16 41 18;03 i think theres a lot of people that fall through the cracks just because they dont know what resources are out there. Cedar rapids does a pretty good job of offering help to the homeless and those in need, but if youre not connected to social media or listen to the news or read the paper how do you know its out there. Each card has information about homeless shelters, free it includes addresses, phone numbers and hours. Cedar Rapids Police officers are carrying these cards around with them, and handing them out to people who may need them. 07 02 44;07 if we find someone thats in need whether theyre panhandling or they tell us theyre homeless we will hand out the cards. Its a very comprehensive list of Different Things that they can use and would be of good use to them. But not everyone who gets the cards, actually uses people apprecia
For a cure. Cure. This is fox 28 news at nine. A former jail administrator is being investigated by the state accused of mishandling. Money. Daron wilkinson left his position at the Cedar County Jail in december 2015 after is being investigated by the state accused of mishandling money. Daron wilkinson left his position at the Cedar County Jail on december 2015 after two years adds administrator. Dora miller has been looking all day and joins us now with what she has found. Reporter the state auditor and the dci said they want to know where 35,000 went and it was not going where it should of. Daron wilkinson was responsible for daily operations. According to a report done by the state auditor Danson Wilkinson was supposed to collect fees from inmates sang at the jail. A concerned raised by the missing. Along with the room and board fees, auditors found discrepancies in multiple different areas. Mary 11 14 05 our report identified a dollars of undeposited collections as well as 7,380 do
Construction will soon begin on permanent flood protection in cedar rapids. Rapids. Cbs 2 News Reporter Stephanie Johnson johnsonis live in cedar rapids this morning to explain where the city plans to start the project. Good morning . The city will soon build a levee that will start here at the African Museum and stretch all the way to tenth avenue where the alliant sub station is located. The city broke ground on the 14million dollar project on tuesday. The levee will be thirteen to seventeen feet high. The city wants to build it high enough to protect from flood levels seen in 2008. The project will also include a fouracre catch basin and new pumping stationsos dollars. For now, mayor ron corbett says the sinclair levee will cover just the east side of the river, near newbo. Were starting in the lowest lying area first so this is the lowest area, its the first place to get flooded so the work that is done today will actually have impact tomorrow and then well go to the next lowest ar