Background/Discussion
West Broadway is major arterial street and critical to the City’s roadway network. It serves as a significant commercial corridor and commuter route and its reconstruction is an essential part of the economic redevelopment plan for the west end of Council Bluffs.
Segments 1, 2, and 3 from 36th Street to 25th Street which included the replacement of pavement, traffic signals, street lights, sidewalks, storm sewers and streetscape amenities are complete.
Segment 4 of the reconstruction project completed the reconstruction of West Broadway from just east of 25th Street to just west of 19th Street including the replacement of pavement, traffic signals, street lights, sidewalks, and storm sewers with drainage improvements. The project also included streetscape amenities such as decorative pedestrian lights, brick paver bands behind the curbs and at intersections, ornamental fencing, ornamental arms for street lights, concrete pavers in crosswalks, decorative paving in the center turn lane and at key intersections, neighborhood masonry columns, and trees.
As a condition of the Transfer of Jurisdiction, Iowa DOT has provided $20 million in funding for assuming ownership of the roadway previously identified as US-6. This project was included in the FY20 CIP and has a budget of $6,750,000 in IDOT funding, $1,000,000 from GO Bonds, and the balance in Sales Tax Funds. The Iowa West Foundation has agreed to provide funding for the streetscape amenities with an approximate total of $1,500,000. Council Bluffs Water Works will reimburse the costs associated with Division V.
