Category: Project Updates

Beginning Feb. 27, 2017, a section of the Dubuque Street trail near the intersection of Dubuque Street and North Liberty Road will be closed. The closure is necessary to allow crews to replace a section of concrete. The trail is expected to reopen by March 2, depending on weather.

Beginning Monday, March 6, work will begin on the second phase of improvements to North Liberty Road. The road will be reduced to one lane of traffic so crews can remove some trees along the remaining gravel portion of the road. Beginning in April, the road is expected to be closed to through traffic so…

Beginning Nov. 8, Front Street will be reduced to a single lane, with temporary traffic signals, in front of Roseberry Stop, north of Windsor Road and south of the Colony Pumpkin Patch. The lane reduction is expected to last through Nov. 10. Additionally, beginning Nov. 7, 2016, the western sidewalk on Front Street in front…

Beginning Nov. 1, the northern sidewalk on Zeller Street in front of Quail Ridge Park will close as work starts on some water system improvements there. The work in Quail Ridge Park includes adding two wells and a control building. The city is hosting an open house with the contractor, Gingerich Well & Pump Service, project engineers, FOX…

North Liberty is currently upgrading our water supply and treatment facilities to provide improved water quality and reliable service as the community continues to grow, including a new treatment plant at the city’s public works campus on Front Street, depicted above. Also part of the work includes two new wells in Quail Ridge Park north…

Metro Pavers has continued to pour concrete at Centennial Park this week and, with unseasonably-warm weather this week, may need to do late-night or early-morning saw cutting this week. Saw cutting prevents new concrete from cracking as it cures. The timing of cutting is based on factors such as air temperature and humidity, and the timing is critical.

Summer, the second phase of Centennial Park development began, including the addition of 150-space pervious pavement parking lot, a 10-foot-wide walking trail around the perimeter, a sidewalk along St. Andrews Drive, and Iowa’s largest bioswale. As with any paving project, there will be times when crews will need to work in late evening or early morning hours…

Weather permitting, a segment of the Dubuque Street Trail at the intersection of North Liberty Road and Dubuque Street will close on Wednesday, Sept. 28. The closure is necessary so crews can complete the final connections of the new permanent trail around the rebuilt intersection. The trail is expected to reopen by the morning of Saturday, Oct…

Crews are expected to finish painting lines for Penn Street’s additional lanes this week, representatives for the project’s general contractor, Metro Pavers, said today. The contractor is expected to have turn lanes open during peak traffic times, with occasional closures to complete work the work. Additional work in the coming weeks will require Penn Street to remain open…

Early this week, crews are expected to pave North Liberty Road between Oak Lane and Dubuque Street, as well as the southern portion of the Oak Lane intersection. During this work, traffic to Oak Lane will continue to be detoured north on North Liberty Road, though there may be some delays at times. Once this is…