MUSCATINE, Iowa – The City of Muscatine has declared a Snow Emergency starting at 8 a.m. Thursday (Feb. 16) through 8 a.m. Friday (Feb. 17). Muscatine is under a Winter Storm Warning and is expected to receive 4-7 inches of snow starting Wednesday night.
“Our trucks are out right now spraying areas of our streets with brine (a salt-water mixture that helps melt snow),” Brian Stineman, Public Works Director, said. “The snow plows will be out early Thursday morning and will work as long as needed to move snow off the streets.”
This is the first time that a Snow Emergency has been declared under the revised Snow Emergency Ordinance.
Muscatine’s Snow Emergency Ordinance limits on-street parking during a declared Snow Emergency to allow plows to access and clear streets during extreme winter storms.
According to the revised code, when weather conditions warrant the declaration of a snow emergency, motor traffic will be expedited and parking on City of Muscatine streets will be prohibited or restricted for snow plowing and other purposes.
During a declared snow emergency, no person shall park, or allow to remain parked, any vehicle on any portion of a Snow Emergency route. Here is a MAP of the Snow Emergency routes. Signage marking the designated Snow Emergency routes were installed by the City of Muscatine late last year.
Once a Snow Emergency ends there is still the possibility of parking restrictions as Department of Public Works crews push back the snow to the curb.
The Snow Push Back policy would be implemented, if needed, once snow removal operations are complete to the appropriate levels of service on all Class I, Class II, and Class III roadways. See SNOW AND ICE CONTROL POLICY for the classifications of different roadways.
Residents will be provided 24-hour notice prior to the implementation of the Snow Push Back policy’s odd-even parking plan. See SNOW PUSH BACK POLICY for more information on parking restrictions.
MUSCATINE, Iowa – Muscatine will have a new Police Chief starting on March 1 as current Chief Brett Talkington retires on February 28. The swearing in of Anthony (Tony) Kies, currently Captain of Patrol for the Muscatine Police Department, as the next Police Chief is one highlight of Thursday’s Muscatine City Council meeting. The City Council will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday in the Council Chambers of Muscatine City Hall.
A 17-year-veteran of the Muscatine Police Department, Kies was selected as the next Chief of Police following an extremely competitive process. The Muscatine City Council unanimously approved his appointment at their December 1 meeting.
The public is welcomed to attend the meeting in person. Citizens who do not want to attend the in-person meeting can watch and/or participate through the GoToMeeting virtual meeting portal. Information on joining the virtual session and how to make a comment during the meeting is listed below.
The in-depth session will also be broadcast live on the City of Muscatine YouTube channel and on Civic-TV (Muscatine Power & Water Cable Channel 2).
Two public hearings will be set during the regular meeting, the first on updated the designated truck routes as defined in Chapter 11, section 6 of the Muscatine City Code, and the second on the transfer of property located at 1 Arrowhead Lake subdivision.
Approval of support for the applications by Musco Lighting and Kent Pet Group, Inc., to the Iowa Economic Development Authority High Quality Jobs Program is also on the agenda. Both companies are looking to expand their manufacturing operations in Muscatine.
Information on the presentations and other agenda items can be found by clicking AGENDA to download a PDF version of the City Council agenda and/or attachments.
On-Line Participation
To view or participate virtually, click on the link below or call in to the GoToMeeting. Be sure to mute your computer, laptop, tablet or smartphone (press *6 when using phone or mute button on computer). At the appropriate time, you will be able to unmute your device to ask a question or make a comment. The public can also use the “chat” feature on GoToMeeting to pose a question to the Mayor, Council, or staff member. Those wishing to speak should use the chat box to post a message that will be seen by the Mayor who will address the questions or call on the speaker in turn. Those using their phones must wait until the Mayor asks for additional comments. The mayor will recognize you prior to you addressing the Council.
Muscatine City Council Meeting | Thursday, February 16, 2023 | 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM (CDT)
You can also use your phone by dialing +1 (669) 224-3412, follow the prompts, and type in Access Code 970-499-597 when prompted.
The link, phone number, and access code are the same for both meetings. You can remain logged on between meetings or exit and re-enter at the appropriate time.
MUSCATINE, Iowa – The 500 block of Leroy Street will be closed to thru traffic starting Monday, July 18, to replace a private sewer connection at 500 Leroy Street. The closure is expected to last until Monday, July 27.
Rivo, Inc., is planning on replacing the entire sewer line at 500 Leroy Street from the house to the sewer main due to a needed repair on the Orangeburg sewer line. The sewer main is located in the middle of Leroy Street.
To safely work on the sewer line repair, Leroy Street will need to be closed to all traffic from Mulberry Avenue to the alley in the 500 block of Leroy Street.
Local traffic to residences on Plover Street, Marquette Street, Amherst Avenue, and Orange Street will be permitted to use Leroy Street west of the intersection with Barry Avenue. There will be no access from Mulberry Avenue. Rivo will maintain access to all driveways in the 500 block except to the driveway at 500 Leroy Street.
Through traffic for Mulberry to Leroy will be detoured to Barry Avenue during the road closure.
The closure was approved by the Muscatine City Council on July 7, 2022.
MUSCATINE, Iowa – The intersection of Busch and Lucas streets will be closed to traffic starting Monday (July 11) as part of Phase 5 of the West Hill Sanitary and Storm Sewer Separation Project according to officials at the Department of Public Works. It is anticipated that the closure will last six weeks.
In order to maintain access to the residents of Busch Street, the City of Muscatine obtained permission from the owner of property located at the end of Greenwood Drive to use that private property to construct a connector path from the alley behind Busch Street to the end of Greenwood Drive. The path has been completed but is open to local traffic only.
Using the route from Lucas down Greenwood Drive to the connector to the alley and to Busch provides access to all the homes on Busch during the Lucas intersection closure. Once the Busch-Lucas intersection is reopened, the temporary access road will be removed and reseeded to return it to its original condition.
Since the temporary access area runs next to a ravine, there have been problems in the past with people using that area to dump trash and other materials. If ay such activity is witnessed during this period of use to access Busch Street please notify the Police Department.
Work on repaving the West 8th and Lucas intersection will also resume next week following the completion of underground work by Muscatine Power & Water. Repaving is also expected for the Climer Alley. The paving is expected to take two weeks, weather permitting. Once completed, West 8th Street will be completely open.
Lucas Street will continue to be closed at the West 8th intersection as underground work continues toward Busch Street and will begin soon heading toward Green Street.
Underground work on Climer Street is making progress toward High Street as Haggerty Earthworks works in short sections to minimize disruption of accessibility to resident homes in the work area. Once the contractor completes work through the High Street intersection, underground operations will move to Logan while Climer is repaved from High to West 8th.
GRANDVIEW AVENUE
The Grandview Avenue intersection with Houser and Sampson remains closed to traffic with most underground work crossing Grandview completed. This is the final major intersection of the Grandview Avenue Reconstruction Project with Heuer Construction, Inc., anticipating that two-way traffic on Grandview will be restored by August 1, weather permitting.
The full closure of the intersection will be implemented on Sampson east of the Canadian Pacific Railroad crossing, Houser north of the Mittman intersection, Mittman just south of the intersection with Houser, Grandview 200 feet south of the intersection with Houser-Sampson, and Grandview from the Cheri Top south.
Access to all Grandview Avenue businesses south of the Musser intersection to the Houser-Sampson intersection will be from the intersection with Musser.
Through traffic coming from the south will be detoured west onto the Highway 61 by-pass to the Hershey exit and then to Mississippi Drive, or east on Dick Drake Way to Stewart Road/Oregon and back to Grandview.
The final section of Grandview will be rocked and prepped for paving starting Monday (July 11). Tentative plans are to have Grandview Avenue completely open for two-way traffic once the new pavement cures, but the Sampson and Houser legs of the intersection will remain closed as they will be reconstructed after Grandview is opened.
The Grandview Avenue Reconstruction Project remains on schedule. Once the roadway is completed, Heuer will complete sidewalks, driveways, and landscaping in each of the two phases. The project is tentatively scheduled to wrap up November 2022.
FULL DEPTH PATCHING BEGINS ON ISETT
Removal and replacement of sections of the Isett Avenue pavement continue as the final segment of the 2021-2022 Full Depth Patching program. Heuer Construction, Inc., are repairing areas of the Isett Avenue pavement from the Heinz pedestrian crossing to Clay Street.
Drivers are urged to slow down, obey traffic control devices, watch out for construction workers, and plan for extra time when driving through the construction zone. Please find alternate routes of travel if possible.
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The City of Muscatine and the Iowa DOT reminds motorists to drive with caution, obey the posted speed limit and other signs in the work area, and be aware that traffic fines for moving violations are at least double in work zones. As in all work zones, drivers should stay alert, allow ample space between vehicles, wear seat belts, and be aware of construction workers. Use an alternate route if possible.
Click on CONSTRUCTION to visit the Department of Public Works Construction Projects page where more information can be found on City of Muscatine construction projects. An interactive map is available showing current street closures and street work.
MUSCATINE, Iowa – The intersection of Iowa Avenue and 3rd Street will be closed to traffic starting Wednesday (June 29) for street repairs. The intersection will be closed at least through the end of the day on Friday (July 1), weather permitting, or Saturday (July 2).
Iowa Avenue traffic will be detoured at 4th and 2nd streets to either 4th Street or Mississippi Drive and then to either Sycamore or Chestnut streets. Traffic on 3rd Street will be able to use Sycamore and Chestnut streets to either Mississippi Drive, 2nd Street, or 4th Street to bypass the closure.
The City of Muscatine and the Iowa DOT reminds motorists to drive with caution, obey the posted speed limit and other signs in the work area, and be aware that traffic fines for moving violations are at least double in work zones. As in all work zones, drivers should stay alert, allow ample space between vehicles, wear seat belts, and be aware of construction workers. Use an alternate route if possible.
MUSCATINE, Iowa – Bond Street will be closed to all traffic starting at 7 a.m. Thursday (May 5) for sewer work in conjunction with the Taylor Park Improvement Project. All-American Concrete, the prime contractor for the work, will close the section of Bond Street between Taylor Park and the Muscatine Slough (from Angle Street to the residences in the 400 block of Bond Street) for approximately eight days.
The underground and pavement restoration work is tentatively scheduled to be completed by the end of the day on Friday, May 13. A detour route around the construction site will be posted using Schiller Street on the north, Taylor/Franklin on the east, and Evans Street on the south. The duration of the closure is weather dependent.
Access to Pete’s Tap and to the residences in the 400 block of Bond Street will be maintained. Taylor Park is currently closed to the public as is the recreational trail from Franklin to Bond streets.
Drivers are urged to slow down, use caution around construction zones, and find alternate routes if possible.
MUSCATINE, Iowa – Taylor Park will be closed to the public starting Monday, April 18, as the Taylor Park Improvement Project begins. The Park will remain closed to the public throughout the summer.
Taylor Park is part of the South End Improvement Project and will see the addition of pickleball courts, a parking lot, a splash pad, new playground, new lighting, and the installation of a modular restroom similar to the one installed near the lagoon in Weed Park.
Please contact the Muscatine Parks and Recreation Department at (563) 263-0241 for more information.
MUSCATINE, Iowa – Pearl Street will be closed at the intersection with Liberty starting today (March 21) for an emergency repair as part of the 2022 Full Depth Patching Program. Liberty has been used as a detour during the Grandview Avenue reconstruction and the higher-than-normal traffic has created buckles in the roadway.
Pearl will be closed in both directions at Liberty while Liberty will be reduced to one-lane of traffic during the repair work. Drivers are asked to please alternate for the lane restriction on Liberty, slow down when driving through the construction area, watch for construction workers, and find alternate routes if possible.
Heuer Construction, Inc., was awarded the 2022 Full Depth Patching contract and have started an emergency repair on Hershey Avenue near the northbound ramps for Highway 61. The Liberty and Pearl intersection repair is the second emergency repair added to the contract.
Once the emergency repairs are completed, Heuer will move to 1608 Cedar Street (near the intersection with Parham).
Also included as part of the 2022 contract is Isett Avenue (Bidwell Road to the Heinz pedestrian entrance), Houser Street (Fulliam Avenue to Dawson Street), Stewart Road (Oregon Avenue to Wallace Street), Robin Road (Sunrise Circle east to end of the concrete), Frontage Road (Cleveland Street to Ford Avenue), and Devitt Avenue (Ridgewood Avenue to Pinefield Street). Additional emergency repairs may be added if time and money remain in the contract.
Additional traffic notes:
Heuer Construction, Inc., has closed one outside lane of Park Avenue from Washington to Colorado to begin work on the DOT punch list from the Park Avenue 4-to-3 Lane Conversion Project that was substantially completed last fall.
Musser Street is closed from the intersection with Wisconsin and Baker to the Grandview intersection as the east side of the Musser-Grandview intersection is reconstructed as part of the Grandview Avenue Reconstruction Project.
West 8th Street is closed to through traffic from Broadway to Lucas for landscaping and finishing work as part of the West Hill Sanitary & Storm Sewer Separation Project. This section of West 8th will remain closed to through traffic as sewer work begins in the Lucas and West 8th intersection. That work is tentatively scheduled to start March 28. More details on the intersection closure will be announced next week.
Drivers are reminded to slow down and use caution when travelling through the construction zone, obey traffic control devices, and be aware of workers. Use an alternate route if possible.
For more information on City of Muscatine construction projects click on CONSTRUCTION to visit the Department of Public Works Construction Projects page.
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Local traffic to residences on Plover Street, Marquette Street, Amherst Avenue, and Orange Street will be permitted to use Leroy Street west of the intersection with Barry Avenue. There will be no access from Mulberry Avenue. Rivo will maintain access to all driveways in the 500 block except to the driveway at 500 Leroy Street.
