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(Ankeny, IA) -- The City of Ankeny is applying for federal funds to build an overpass over railroad tracks on SE Corporate Woods Drive at Union Pacific Railroad.
"We do have a railroad issue at Corporate Woods. It is something that is on our radar," says David Jones, Ankeny City Manager. "They're very capital intensive, very costly projects to do, so we're applying for consideration for grant funding to help offset the cost of doing an overpass there."
Jones says Ankeny will be one of many cities applying for the funds, so project plans are rather preliminary. Funds to build the overpass would come through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
The City of Ankeny considers the SE Corporate Wood Drive Overpass at Union Pacific Railroad Project to be a High Priority Project in the City's Capital Improvement Program (CIP). The current CIP estimates the project would take place in the 2027 to 2031 timeframe, but federal funding may speed up the process.
Applications for the funding opportunity need to be submitted by Tuesday, October 4th, 2022, at the latest.