Kristopher Klop, Highway-Railroad Crossing Safety Programs Manger

Manages the Iowa Grade Crossing Surface Repair Program that provides financial assistance to railroads, cities, and counties to rebuild pavement surfaces at grade crossings on secondary and city road systems.

Manages rail abandonments.

Manages the Federal Highway Administration Section 130 Program, which funds improvements to install new crossing signal devices, upgrade existing signals, and to provide low-cost improvements; such as increased sight distance, widened crossings, increased signal lens size, or crossing closures.