By Molly Hunter
ROADS
Work has begun on the Sycamore Street and Lower Muscatine Road Landscaping Project. This work involves the installation of street trees on the Sycamore Street parkway between Lehman Avenue and Highway 6, as well as landscaping of the roundabout areas on Sycamore Street. Work will be contained to the street parkway, but there may be occasionally traffic interruptions because of work vehicles entering or leaving the area. This work will continue through the end of December.
Construction on Washington Street continues as part of the Washington Streetscape Project. This work should be finished Oct. 30.
Because of construction, Derwen Drive is closed where it intersects with Sunset Street. The sidewalks on the north and south sides of Derwen Drive are also closed, and parking is restricted. Access to residences will be maintained. Normal traffic should resume in the first week of November.
Linn Street has been reduced to one lane of northbound traffic between Iowa Avenue and College Street as a result of ongoing construction for the Washington Streetscape Project.
Construction for the Iowa City Gateway Project has reduced Dubuque Street to one lane of traffic in each direction between Foster Road and Ronalds Street. The lane reductions, as well as the construction on Park Road Bridge, will continue throughout the duration of the project, which is expected to be completed July 2018. Access to all residences, Terrell Mill Park, and Mayflower Residence Hall are being maintained.
BUSES
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The North Dodge and North Dodge Night & Weekend bus routes are not servicing Northgate Drive. Passengers can catch their bus at stop 7521.
Inbound stops 8206 and 8207 on Hawkins Drive are closed for the Plaen View, Westside Hospital, Westwinds, and Westwinds Night & Weekend bus routes. There are temporary stops on Melrose Avenue just after the railroad bridge and on Hawkins Drive just past Stadium Drive inbound to downtown.
Call (319) 356-5151 for more information on bus route changes.
