Category: Project Updates

The 5th running (and swimming and biking) of North Liberty’s Just Tri youth triathlon will require the closure of roads along the course between 7:30 and 10 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 7, 2016. Roads included in the closure are: Cherry Street between Highway 965 and Front Street Stewart Street between Cherry Street and Chestnut Street…

Construction of the long-awaited splash pad at Penn Meadows Park is scheduled to start on July 5, with final completion of the project scheduled for Aug. 12. Included in plans for the splash pad are a baseball-themed water-spray feature (depicted in the photo at left alongside other features not included in the plans) and flush-mounted water…

Weather permitting, beginning as early as Monday, June 6, Oak Lane will be reduced to a single lane at North Liberty Road so crews can grade, treat, rock and pave the intersection. The lane reductions are expected to be intermittent over about the next month. Drivers are asked to use caution around the work site, allow…

Weather permitting, on Monday, May 9, crews will begin pouring concrete at Penn Meadows Park for the new restroom pavilion, a trail and an area around the current three-story-tall play structure. To accommodate the work, the play structure at Penn Meadows Park will be temporarily closed. The closure is expected to last about a week.

Over the next two weeks, drivers will see flaggers as well as lane shifts and reductions as crews work to widen Penn Street between Alexander Way and Interstate 380 in North Liberty. First, beginning this week, contractors will use flaggers during off-peak hours to install temporary paving at the Penn Street intersections of Kansas Avenue…

Weather permitting, beginning Monday, April 4, work will begin to remove concrete medians on Penn Street, which will eliminate turning lanes between Alexander Way and Interstate 380. Additionally, there will be work along the shoulder to prepare for temporary pavement. This is part of work adding a westbound and eastbound lane from Alexander Way to…

On Monday, March 14, weather permitting, North Liberty Road, from Dubuque Street to Oak Lane, is expected to close to traffic. This closure is for work to pave the road in preparation of the opening of Liberty High School. Traffic will be detoured from Penn Street along Juniper Street to Dubuque Street. This precedes additional…

The Iowa Department of Transportation will hold a public information meeting Wednesday, March 30, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at the North Liberty Community Center, 520 W. Cherry St., to discuss the proposed improvements to West Forevergreen Road from east of Kansas Avenue to Highway 965 in North Liberty. The meeting will be conducted utilizing…

Water demand is nowhere near what it used to be in North Liberty. To keep our water system on pace with our growing population a new water plant with higher power and more storage is needed. Planning for this new North Liberty water treatment plant is well underway. City officials say final plans for the…

Update: High winds has prevented the work from beginning on Jan. 26. The demolition crew hopes for favorable conditions Wednesday, Jan. 27 in the afternoon. However, if weather conditions don’t improve, demolition could be delayed until February or March due to the contractor’s schedule. Weather permitting, on Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016, beginning at 6 a.m., Main…