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Des Moines considers $8 million in federal funds for transportation projects

The Des Moines City Council will consider tonight whether to seek $8.3 million in federal funding for $63 million in street, bridge and trail projects.


Those projects include the Southeast Connector project that extends Martin…
By BPC Staff | Nov 23, 2015
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Harrison Truck Centers acquires Westman Freightliner

Harrison Truck Centers announced Wednesday that it has completed the acquisition of Westman Freightliner, a heavy- and medium-duty truck dealership group with operations in Minnesota and Wisconsin. With the acquisition,Harrison Truck Centers has increased its full-service …
By BPC Staff | Nov 19, 2015
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MPO sizes up transportation goals

The Des Moines Area Metropolitan Planning Organization reports that Greater Des Moines is making progress on some transportation goals but heading the wrong way on others.


The agency reviewed the goals in the November 2014…
By BUSINESS RECORD STAFF | Nov 17, 2015
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Airport traffic up 5.2 percent in October

Passenger traffic at Des Moines International Airport was up 5.2 percent in October over the same month the previous year. But the airport still is at 1.2 percent growth for the year. Airport officials have…
By PERRY BEEMAN | Nov 11, 2015
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Frugal Flights?

The staff of Des Moines International Airport has proposed a budget for next year that calls for higher income and lower expenses, and a nice surplus to put away for a proposed new terminal.

The …
By PERRY BEEMAN | Nov 6, 2015
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Study: Drivers don’t pay full cost of roads

A report published earlier this year confirms that drivers don’t come close to paying for the costs of the roads they use, The Atlantic reported.

Published jointly by the Frontier Group and the U.S. Public Interest…
By BUSINESS RECORD STAFF | Oct 29, 2015
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Coralville celebrates its new one-stop commuting shop

Coralville plans a grand opening of sorts at 4:30 p.m. Thursday at its new park-and-ride center, which opened in August. The facility, officially the Coralville Transit Intermodal Facility, provides parking and bus service and is …
By BPC Staff | Oct 27, 2015
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Southwest to add St. Louis, drop Midway in April

Southwest Airlines will serve Des Moines International Airport with two daily flights to Lambert-St. Louis International Airport beginning in April.


Airport officials said 21 of Des Moines passengers’ top 25 destinations are served by Southwest…
By BPC Staff | Oct 27, 2015
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On Saturday, you can meet yourself coming and going on 12th Street

The city of Des Moines will continue its pilot project to turn downtown into a walking-friendly zone when it converts 12th Street to two-way traffic from one way northbound between Grand Avenue and Mulberry Street. …
By BPC Staff | Oct 23, 2015
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New Terminal in Doubt

Planning for the Des Moines airport’s proposed $420 million new terminal project has stalled at least temporarily as the airport board does some soul-searching about a slowdown in passenger traffic, a standoff over the future …
By PERRY BEEMAN | Oct 23, 2015