U.S. Representative Abby Finkenauer has announced that Dubuque County will receive a $5.4 million grant for road and trail projects. The funding is coming from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Better Utilizing Investment to Leverage Development program, It lists a range of major projects for which the grant funding can be applied. Reports say the projects include roadway repairs, intersection improvements and a trail extension on the northwest side of Dubuque, intersection improvements that include resurfacing, rehabilitating and adding signalized intersections at West John Deere Road and U.S. Highway 52, and at West John Deere Road and South John Deere Road, and reconstructing about 3.1 miles of the Northwest Arterial in Dubuque.
