Category: Project Updates

The project to rebuild and resurface the North Liberty Recreation Trail, which runs from Penn Street to Forevergreen Road, started slowly. Wet conditions make it difficult to bring in the heavy equipment needed to remove and replace a section of regularly flooded trail near Muddy Creek. The slow start required an adjustment to our plan of working only in…

A stretch of St. Andrews Drive—between Kansas Avenue and Prairie Street—will close Friday, July 31. The closure, a necessary move to complete a water main connection, is anticipated to last one day.

Weather permitting, crews from Maxwell Construction will begin replacing several sections of concrete on Monday, July 27, 2015. The pavement replacement will reduce traffic to a single lane, with drivers asked to yield to oncoming traffic. The work is expected to take two weeks. Drivers are asked to use caution around the work site, allow…

Weather permitting, beginning the morning of June 23, 2015, as part of a water main upgrade along Hickory Street, crews need to work on water service connections for six homes the south side of Zeller Street between Front and Hickory streets. This work will require Zeller Street to be reduced to one lane of traffic during the…

Weather permitting, contractors will be conducting soil boring on the gravel portion of North Liberty Road north of Dubuque Street on Thursday, May 20. This work is in preparation for the design of North Liberty Road. These improvements are expected next year, ahead of the opening of Liberty High School. Due to limited visibility, flaggers…

Click a trail segment for more information about the work to be performed. Weather permitting, improvements on North Liberty’s North Ridge Trail recreation trail between Penn Street and Forevergreen Road will begin on Wednesday, June 3. This project, which will widen, elevate and resurface the trail, is expected to last into August. Work will be…

To help remind drivers to be alert and cautious in residential areas, The City of North Liberty has a limited number of Step2 KidAlert standups to loan to North Liberty households with children in areas affected by city construction projects, including those along traffic detour routes and near construction zones. The loans are made on a first-come,…

Weekly update for April 20 to April 24 Langman Construction set manholes 3A and 5 (MH3A and 5, see map) Langman Construction completed rough grading to the disturbed area along the waste water treatment plant up to the connection manhole. The area is ready for topsoil to be respread and seeded. Langman placed 200 feet of…

As part of on-going work to upgrade the sanitary sewer running under Front Street near Abigail Avenue and Muddy Creek, traffic will shift be shifted to the east side of Front Street in the evening of April 28, 2015. Two-way traffic will be maintained, but the left-turn lane at Abigail Avenue will remain closed. The work…

https://vimeo.com/125298413 Before crews began installing sewer pipe for Liberty High School through what environmental consultant Kevin Griggs called “marginally suitable habitat” for ornate box turtles, we wanted to take steps to confirm the work zone was free of the animals. So, last week, once the weather warmed to the point the turtles would be active,…