The mission of the Iowa Freight Advisory Council is to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas and help the Iowa DOT better understand the complexities associated with freight movements to more effectively guide public investment in the transportation infrastructure.

Iowa Code requires that every five years the Iowa DOT complete a review of the current revenue levels of Iowa’s road use tax fund and the sufficiency of those revenues to meet the construction and maintenance needs of Iowa’s state, city and county roads.

The IHRB was established in 1950 to provide guidance and oversight for the use of the secondary road research funds. Years later, the IHRB is still fulfilling that role, overseeing about 20 new projects each year involving transportation issues in Iowa.

The State of Iowa has been a pioneer in transportation coordination since the 1970s. In 1976, the Iowa Legislature adopted the first-in-the-nation coordination law, with a compliance review process added to the legislation in 1984.

Planning, development, and promotion of the parkway known as the Great River Road. Coordination with other states and the federal government regarding the road.

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Information posted on this site is intended to supplement the public meeting, not replace it. The items posted will remain until one month after the meeting date. The official project file is kept by the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Office of Location and Environment, 800 Lincoln Way, Ames, Iowa 50010.

Any interested person or agency is invited to attend these transit-related hearings and speak for or against the project's funding.

Adopt-A-Highway is an innovative program developed by the Iowa Department of Transportation to increase public awareness of environmental needs along Iowa highways by making sections of roadsides available for “adoption.”

Urban Youth Corps program offers meaningful, full-time work for individuals between the ages of 16 and 21 in a transportation setting, who face barriers to employment.