AMES, Iowa – Jan. 13, 2026 – Today, the Iowa Transportation Commission approved $5,330,393 in total funding for six Statewide Transportation Alternatives Set-aside Program projects. This program supports projects that will have a statewide or multi-regional impact, expand the state’s multi-modal transportation system, enhance tourism, and provides safe routes to school. The majority of Transportation Alternatives Set-aside program funding is distributed to Iowa’s metropolitan planning organizations and regional planning affiliations for the selection of local projects. The Commission awards Transportation Alternatives Set-aside projects annually. Approximately 20 percent of funding is targeted to safe routes to school projects. Funding is available to cities, counties, school districts, or other eligible organizations through an annual application-based program.
The projects and approved funding amounts are listed below.
Safe routes to school project awards:
- Central City Pedestrian Bridge (Central City) - $1,400,000
- Iowa Safe Routes Partnership (Iowa Northland Regional Council of Governments) - $312,002
All other project awards:
- Camanche Trail Extensions (Camanche) - $500,000
- Great American Rail Trail: Weston to Underwood (Pottawattamie County Conservation Board) - $1,920,435
- Summer Street – Dankwardt Park Connector Trail (Burlington) - $750,000
- UNI Integrated Roadside Vegetation Management (University of Northern Iowa Tallgrass Prairie Center) - $447,956
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Contact: Susan Hollenkamp at 515-239-1810 or susan.hollenkamp@iowadot.us.