Citys south and west sides, saving drivers time. Theyll be able to get from highway 20 to 15161 in a matter of minutes. Versus 20 minutes taking the alternative route. But getting tp this point of the project hasnt come without growing pains. The city purchased 92 properties in order to pave way for the project. Some which required the city use eminent domain. Its really about our kids and and their kids, building a safe road network thats very much needed. Two lanes of the southwest arterial are expected to be complete in 2019. The other two lanes will be graded and ready to be paved. But right now there isnt money set aside to complete those lanes. Theyre optimistic theyll come up with that money within the next couple years. Live in dubuque, katie wiedemann, kcrg tv nine news. Expect this evening . Republican Vice President ial candidate mike pence campaigned in newton controversy over Donald Trumps vulgar comments against women. Pence has said he never thought about leaving trumps
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
Housing environment isnt always as easy to obtain as we first might imagine. The issue of Affordable Housing in cedar rapids is a perennial one, but this summer it came to a head with a controversy surrounding the Crestwood Ridge mixed Income Development proposed for some land along edgewood road. Here with me this morning to untangle some member of our city council. Thank you for joining us, scott. Scott my pleasure. Heather phoebe trepp who is the executive director of willis dady shelter. Phoebe thanks for having me. Heather welcome phoebe. And lynda waddington, a columnist for the gazette. Lynda good morning. Heather good morning, lynda. Thank you all so much for joining us. I thought we would begin very quickly with a little bit of an overview of how has shifted over the years. Many years ago when i was in school in chicago, i used to do a lot of volunteer work with what was at the time called the projects, cabrinigreen. That kind of concentrated, lowincome housing is a model that
Late for the october sunshine to push the temperatures around. Tomorrow, however, is a different story. A strong warm front is still on track to move in from the southwest tomorrow, increasing the wind substantially and allowing for widespread highs into the 70s. While records are safe at the moment, well continue to watch this going forward. The weekend continues to in the 60s. By halloween, our next surge of warm air moves into the region with highs at least into the mid 70s for all areas. Itll be windy again as well today cloudy in the morning. Gradual clearing in the afternoon. Wind w 510 high 54 tonight mostly clear. Wind se 510. Low 46 tomorrow partly cloudy. Breezy and milder. Wind sw 1525 high 74 tom. Night partly cloudy. Wind sw 515. Low 55 from flood mitigation to the iran nuclear deal, candidates for iowas first congressiona l district talked tough with less than two weeks until election day. As kcrgtv9s Forrest Saunders shows us, republican rod blum and democrat Monica Vern
Breaks in the clouds later today, itll be too little too late for the october sunshine to push the temperatures around. Tomorrow, however, is a different story. A strong warm front is still on track to move in from the southwest tomorrow, increasing the wind substantially and allowing for widespread highs into the 70s. While records are safe at the moment, well continue to watch this going forward. The weekend continues to look decent with highs primarily in the 60s. By halloween, our next surge of warm air moves into the region with highs at least into the mid 70s for all areas. Itll be windy again as well today cloudy in the morning. Gradual clearing in the afternoon. Wind w 510 high 54 tonight mostly clear. Wind se 510. Low 46 tomorrow partly cloudy. Breezy and milder. Wind sw 1 low 55 thanks kaj. Dozens of people in northeast planned town home complex that would go up in their area. They say they want the city to block construction. The project would be at 4480 blairs ferry road th