The U.S. Department of Transportation announced this week that Iowa will receive over $64 million in federal aid to help replace 67 bridges and culverts in poor condition across the Hawkeye state. Over 40 counties in Iowa will receive funding including Henry County, Des Moines County, and Lee County in southeast Iowa. The two awards will be administered through DOT’s Competitive Highway Bridge Program (CHBP). U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley’s office issued a press release stating this was created as part of the Grassley-backed Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The funding will support the replacement of 67 city, county and state-owned bridges and culverts in poor condition.
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All Counties where projects are located from these grants include: Allamakee, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Buena Vista, Cedar, Chickasaw, Des Moines, Dickinson, Dubuque, Emmett, Floyd, Guthrie, Hancock, Henry, Howard, Humboldt, Ida, Jackson, Johnson, Keokuk, Kossuth, Lee, Madison, Marion, Mitchell, Monona, Montgomery, Muscatine, Osceola, Page, Pocahontas, Pottawattamie, Poweshiek, Scott, Shelby, Sioux, Story, Warren, Washington, Webster, Woodbury and Worth.