Site work and paving for a civil project in Ankeny, Iowa. Conceptual plans call for site work for a road / highway; for paving for a road / highway; and water / sewer project.

This is a joint project with the Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) to reconstruct S Ankeny Boulevard (U.S. Highway 69) from SE Peterson Drive to 1st Street. The anticipated work will include the replacement of the aging 4-lane undivided urban section with a 5-lane divided urban section and right turn lanes where applicable. The project will include the replacement of pavement, sidewalk, water main, sanitary sewer, and storm sewer along with the traffic signal at SE 3rd Street and subsequent fiber optic interconnect. Consultant-led survey, design, and utility relocation coordination is scheduled to occur from 2023 to 2025. Joint utility trench (JUT) construction and associated easements for the relocation of private utilities is anticipated to occur during the last half of 2025 and the first half of 2026. City water main and sanitary sewer construction is anticipated to occur during the last half of 2026. Iowa DOT roadway construction is anticipated to occur during all of 2027 and 2028. Based on the Predesign Agreement between the Iowa DOT and the City for the project, the Iowa DOT has identified the following funding sources to be used for the roadway construction: 3R, U-STEP, HSIPX, TSIP, and NR. It is also anticipated that a portion of the JUT's total construction and easement costs will be funded by the Iowa DOT. Lastly, it is undetermined whether MidAmerican Energy Company's (MEC) - electric facilities will be converted from overhead to underground. If conversion is needed, it is anticipated that the conversion would be at MEC's expense, including construction and associated easements. This project is included in the city’s fy 2024-2028 Capital Improvement Program. As of October 3, 2024, further details regarding construction and completion timelines have not been identified. *Project information has been obtained through a public capital improvement plan (CIP). A CIP is a financial schedule for short- and long-range projects which is updated regularly. Information listed in the CIP often evolves based on funding availability and the project details, including timeline and value, are subject to change. The content management team will continue to pursue additional details as they become available.