Iowa Department of Transportation
 


News Release

June 30, 2008

Contact:
Dena Gray-Fisher
515-239-1922
dena.grayfisher@dot.iowa.gov

 

  Work zone safety news conference today at 10 a.m.

AMES, Iowa – Work zone safety will be more important than ever in Iowa this construction season in light of the significant amount of flood-damaged infrastructure requiring repair. The Iowa Department of Transportation (Iowa DOT) will hold a news conference to discuss Sections 8 and 36 of House File 2651 signed by Governor Chet Culver April 25. This legislation increases the fines for speeding in a work zone and provides for the replacement of the current work zone signs.

The news conference details are as follows:

  • DATE: Monday, June 30, 2008
  • TIME: 10 a.m.
  • LOCATION:  Iowa DOT Sign Shop, Ames
DIRECTIONS: 
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From Lincoln Way, go south on Oak Avenue , cross South Fourth Street , and turn left into the driveway.  The DOT sign shop is the second building on the east.   


SPEAKERS:

  • Nancy Richardson, director, Iowa DOT
  • Danny Homan, president, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Iowa Council 61
  • Burt Ostert, Safety Committee chair, Associated General Contractors

 

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