The director's name is Mark Wandro. At the meeting yesterday, the DOT said it would take two years, hauling 24 hours a day to move that much dirt, and most of it would travel on 182nd Street - the area of the "preserve". The April 11th meeting will be held in Fairfield. Jane Clark ---------- > From: Peggy Murdock <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: DOT Eddyville decision > Date: March 08, 2000 8:37 AM > > At the DOT meeting yesterday here in Ames the commissioners decided to tour > the Eddyville area on a bus with information about the area provided by the > DOT staff that did their environmental assessment. > > This tour will take place on April 10th and they will rule on the 11th. I > am concerned that they will hear nothing about the area from the experts > who determined that the area was sensitive and should be protected. > > Would it be possible for an expert who could inform them of the value of > the Tino farm area to go on this tour? The liverwort area will be > protected, I am told by DNR, although I remember Glenda being concerned > about the road for fill dirt being paved and trucks going through that area > during the construction. Glenda would know more about their thinking about > that. > > If an expert could go with them on this tour, the appropriate people to > write in order to request this are: > > Jon Ranney > Director of Program Managment > > Mark Dandro > Director, IDOT > > 800 Lincolnway > Ames, Iowa 50010 > > Peggy Murdock > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > To get off the IOWA-TOPICS list, send any message to: > [log in to unmask] > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To get off the IOWA-TOPICS list, send any message to: [log in to unmask]