Ames South Riverside Drive Detour Starts May 4

Press release from the City of Ames:

April 30, 2020

South Riverside Drive will be closed at the future Collaboration Place intersection in the ISU Research Park beginning Monday, May 4, to install 54-inch storm sewer pipes. As a result, traffic will be detoured for approximately one week. Once pipe installation is completed, South Riverside Drive will be reopened to traffic and construction of Collaboration Place will continue.

The City of Ames has contracted with Con-Struct Inc. to extend South Riverside Drive and Collaboration Place and install associated storm sewer improvements. The entire project will be completed in four phases and is expected to continue for approximately six more months.

Those in the area are encouraged to take note of construction activity and allow extra travel time as delays may occur. Exercise caution when traveling near the construction area. As with all paving operations, saw cutting of joints in newly poured pavement is critical, and it may be disruptive beyond normal work hours. For safety reasons, please keep children and pets away from the construction zone.

For more information, contact Nate Willey, Civil Engineer II, at nathan.willey@cityofames.org or call at 515.239.5436. For general construction updates, go to www.CityOfAmes.org/Construction

This press release was produced by the City of Ames. The views expressed here are the author’s own.