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Nebraska City, Neb. —
Less than two weeks after the Iowa Department of Transportation accepted its bid, C.J. Moyna & Sons of Elkader, Iowa, completed enough repairs on Highway 2 to open the road.
The road opened Monday afternoon with two lanes and head-to-head traffic. Repairs will continue in order to get all lanes open.
The Iowa Department of Transportation had given the contractor an incentive to open the road to traffic by Nov. 4.
Moyna's bid of $4.07 million was opened Oct. 12.
Also on Oct. 12, the DOT accepted a $249,940 bid from ME Collins of Wahoo for Iowa 333, which connects Interstate 29 with Hamburg.
Nebraska City Tourism & Commerce held a ribbon cutting to celebrate the road’s opening.
“We’re delighted. It’s a relief to a good number of businesses,” said Rebecca Turner, executive director of NCTC.
Iowa businesses near the junction of I-29 and Highway 2 are pleased as well.
“We’re just really excited,” said Alicia Chrastil, owner of Finders Keepers Antique Mall.
Chrastil said she hopes to hold a grand reopening before Thanksgiving. She said painting and relandscaping will need to be done to get ready for the opening, but that the berm around the store prevented major water damage.
Nebraska City’s tourist sites also welcome the road’s opening. Doug Farrar,
vice-president at Arbor Day Farm, thanked the Department of Roads for their “timeliness” and for “realizing how important this is.”
Less than two weeks after the Iowa Department of Transportation accepted its bid, C.J. Moyna & Sons of Elkader, Iowa, completed enough repairs on Highway 2 to open the road.
The road opened Monday afternoon with two lanes and head-to-head traffic. Repairs will continue in order to get all lanes open.
The Iowa Department of Transportation had given the contractor an incentive to open the road to traffic by Nov. 4.
Moyna's bid of $4.07 million was opened Oct. 12.
Also on Oct. 12, the DOT accepted a $249,940 bid from ME Collins of Wahoo for Iowa 333, which connects Interstate 29 with Hamburg.
Nebraska City Tourism & Commerce held a ribbon cutting to celebrate the road’s opening.
“We’re delighted. It’s a relief to a good number of businesses,” said Rebecca Turner, executive director of NCTC.
Iowa businesses near the junction of I-29 and Highway 2 are pleased as well.
“We’re just really excited,” said Alicia Chrastil, owner of Finders Keepers Antique Mall.
Chrastil said she hopes to hold a grand reopening before Thanksgiving. She said painting and relandscaping will need to be done to get ready for the opening, but that the berm around the store prevented major water damage.
Nebraska City’s tourist sites also welcome the road’s opening. Doug Farrar,
vice-president at Arbor Day Farm, thanked the Department of Roads for their “timeliness” and for “realizing how important this is.”
