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Beck Backs Off Bypass; Says Burlington Will Still Need Relief from Fertilizer Plant Traffic

By on November 21, 2012
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THEY BROKE GROUND IN LEE COUNTY MONDAY FOR A $1.4-BILLION NITROGEN FERTILIZER PLANT…AND IN ABOUT THREE YEARS, IT’S GOING TO MEAN BIG TRUCKS COMING TO- AND GOING FROM- 180TH STREET SOUTH OF WEVER. MUCH OF THE TRAFFIC WILL NEED TO GO THRU BURLINGTON AND DES MOINES COUNTY SUPERVISOR BOB BECK RECENTLY SAID A BYPASS MAY BE IN ORDER. YESTERDAY(TUE), HE BACKED AWAY FROM THAT ALTERNATIVE, SAYING SOME BRIDGES, ACCESS ROADS AND A CLOVERLEAF WOULD BE MORE FEASIBLE.  BECK USED THE EXAMPLE OF MT. PLEASANT, AS A CITY THAT WORKED WITH THE STATE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT TO GET THE APPROPRIATE ROADS PUT IN.

IN OTHER BUSINESS, THE COUNTY BOARD MADE TWO APPOINTMENTS…RON BREWER TO THE ZONING COMMISSION AND LAVONNE WORLEY TO THE CONSERVATION BOARD…AND FORMALLY ACCEPTED THE RESIGNATION, AFTER 25 YEARS, OF BOB HOUSEWRIGHT FROM THE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH.