work on our streets easily than what we were doing prior to having local option sales tax available. - boom among the biggest projects - the 42nd street craters - from kennedy high - to - i - 380.also the west post road pot holes - near truman school. school. you have to have patience. neighbor shelly meyer says she hopes it s smooth and finally stops the street flooding. the water really backs up from the base of the hill a couple blocks down i mean cars go through and it s just a cesspool. varoooom also on the list - the rough ride - near roosevelt - on b avenue north-west. north-west. it s just crumbling under our tires. at tangles salon - rene schrader says they know the road work will be inconvenient - but worth it. you gotta go through the process of the construction to be able to hae that nice result and you know the outcome. you ll have many many years to use a very good road. mccarty - edgewood and oakland roads - are also on the list.we ll p
tackle horrible stretches of streets this season, spaning some 18 million sales tax dollars. among the biggest projects, the 42nd street craters from kennedy high to i-380, also the west post road potholes near truman school. neighbor shelly meyers says she hopes it s smooth and finally stops the street flooding. the water really backs up from the base of the hills. reporter: also on the list, the rough ride near roosevelt : s crumbling. says they know it will be a problem but it ll be worth it. in the long run many years of good road. we ll put a link - to all the projects in your neighborhood - on our website.covering the corridor in cedar rapids - matt hammill fox 28 news. right now, the d-o-t is looking for the best way to upgrade iowa s longest road. the every little lit helps. thanks tot. the dot is looking how to upgrade iowa s longest roads. a study of i-80 is focusing on whether impact or maintenance cost and new ideas like truck only lane. montrezl plan
there may be snow on the ground right now but cedar rapids is anxious to kick paving for progress into high gear. gear.with a number of area streets dotted by massive pot- holes and heaving pavement, city engineers say drivers will start to see construction crews out getting ready to go to work in march. they plan to do around thirty repair and re-construction projects at a price of about 18 - million dollars.it s all from the one percent sales tax approved by voters more than two years ago. its really the first year that we re strting some of these big reconstruction projects. we re able to do twice as much work on our streets easily than what we were doing prior to having local option sales tax available. this construction season , are 42nd street between kennedy high school and interstate 380, b avenue near roosevelt middle school, and west post road near truman school.wilson says lane closures and detours may be inconvenient, but the new roads will last for decades