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No Bypass in Burlington’s Future, Despite Anticipated Truck Traffic

By on March 15, 2013

BURLINGTON WON’T GET A BYPASS… BUT MEDIAPOLIS AND WAPELLO MIGHT… THAT, AT LEAST, IS THE CURRENT PLAN FOR THE EXPANSION OF U.S. ROUTE 61 IN SOUTHEAST IOWA.

THE IOWA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HELD A PUBLIC INPUT SESSION CONCERNING THE PROPOSED FOUR-LANE EXPANSION OF HIGHWAY 61 LAST NIGHT (THURS) AT LOUISA-MUSCATINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. D-O-T TRANSPORTATION PLANNER JASON HUDDLE TOLD US THAT THE DEPARTMENT HASN’T EVEN CONSIDERED A BYPASS FOR BURLINGTON AS PART OF THE FOUR-LANE EXPANSION, MOSTLY DUE TO LACK OF AVAILABLE SPACE FOR SUCH A HIGHWAY.

HOWEVER, THE NEW FERTILIZER PLANT BEING BUILT IN WEVER – AND THE ANTICIPATED TRAFFIC INCREASE IT MIGHT BRING – COULD CHANGE SOME PLANNING CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE HIGHWAY FURTHER TO THE NORTH… ALTHOUGH HUDDLE SAYS THE PUBLIC WILL STILL HAVE A SAY IN WHAT HAPPENS AROUND MEDIAPOLIS.   HUDDLE SAYS PUBLIC INPUT HEARINGS WILL BE HELD IN BOTH OF THOSE COMMUNITIES DURING THE COMING MONTHS.