Encyclopedia Dubuque
"Encyclopedia Dubuque is the online authority for all things Dubuque, written by the people who know the city best.”
Marshall Cohen—researcher and producer, CNN
Affiliated with the Local History Network of the State Historical Society of Iowa, and the Iowa Museum Association.
SOUTHWEST ARTERIAL
SOUTHWEST ARTERIAL. City officials announced on January 1, 1997 that the environmental assessment and corridor location study was included in the Iowa Department of Transportation's five year construction plans. WHKS & Company of Mason City was chosen to lead the study which was expected to take eighteen months. The company would conduct interviews with local officials to determine their opinions, determine environmental impacts, and choose a preferred route for the road. The company would also review the last corridor study done in 1985 which had suggested the route should be along Cedar Cross Road. (1)
After the alignment was determined, state officials could consider the road for part of their five-year plan. Local officials would then begin trying to purchase right-of-way. While state officials stated that at best construction would not begin for another seven years, local officials were optimistic that community support could shorten that timeline. (2)
---
Source:
1. McDermott, Brad. "Study to Step Up Creation of Southwest Arterial," Telegraph Herald, January 1, 1997, p. 2. Online: https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=aEyKTaVlRPYC&dat=19970101&printsec=frontpage&hl=en