City of Iowa City news release
Weather permitting, work on the Rochester Avenue Reconstruction project is anticipated to resume in mid-March with the fourth – and final – phase of the project.
Phase 4 includes water main work, roadway reconstruction, sidewalk improvements, and new traffic signalization at the First Avenue and Rochester Avenue intersection. The First Avenue/Rochester Avenue intersection will be constructed one half at a time to maintain one lane of traffic in each direction on First Avenue. The west half of the intersection will be constructed first, as will temporary paved turn lanes from First Avenue to Rochester Avenue to the east.
The proposed detour route will include First Avenue, Court Street, Seventh Avenue, and Rochester Avenue. Rochester Avenue between Seventh Avenue and Rita Lyn Court will remain open to local and school traffic only. Construction is anticipated to continue until fall 2024.
Learn more about the Rochester Reconstruction project here.
