The state Transportation Commission approved funding for four RISE (Revitalize Iowa’s Sound Economy) road projects today that will help new and expanding businesses.
The DOT’s Deb Arp says one award will go to Perry to build a roundabout into the area that will serve the new JBS sausage plant and ADR axles in the city Industrial Park. “The roundabout would add just over $1.1 million in estimated eligible project costs for the certified site local development component of the project. The City of Perry has requested additional RISE funds up to 60% of the additional roadway costs in accordance with the RISE certified sites policy. The design is anticipated to be complete by December 2026 and constructed by December 2028,” Arp says.
Perry City Administrator Sven Peterson says the intersection at Highway 141 now has just stop signs and is a worry. “So I live just like half a mile east of this intersection. And I cringe every time I go through it just of like, who is gonna be pulling out,” he says. Peterson says there’s a new convenience store in the area and there will be 500 people initially working at the sausage plant and 30 to 50 at ADR axles that will make it even busier. The Commission approved an additional $695-thousand dollars in RISE funding to go with previously approved funding for Perry…