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
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> 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
>
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