Amount: $600,000

Location: Ames, Iowa

Recipient: City of Ames, Iowa

Description: Recent flooding in Iowa highlighted the inadequacies of the current emergency operations center in Ames, Iowa. This project will improve the emergency capability of the city by expanding the Emergency Operations Center.

Amount: $1,000,000

Location: Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Recipient: City of Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Description: Recent flooding in Iowa highlighted the inadequacies of the City of Cedar Rapids Police, Fire and EMS Communication/Dispatch System. The system is more than 10 years old, is susceptible to breakdowns and failure, and many parts are obsolete. This project will improve the emergency capability of the city.

Amount: $8,000,000

Location: Fort Madison, Iowa

Recipient: U.S. Coast Guard Bridge Administration

Description: The Coast Guard, in 1992, made the 1927 Fort Madison Santa Fe Swing Span Bridge a part of the Truman Hobbs Program. The Coast Guard desires that the lift span be not less than a 300 foot clearance. Mariners have long complained that the bridge is a hazard. The Corps investigation concluded that the bridge posed an unreasonable obstruction to navigation. The combination of its restrictive horizontal opening and skew, severe cross currents, and prevailing winds create serious problems for tows. Within a 10-year period, the bridge had sustained 92 collisions. Initial design for a new bridge was started with an initial appropriation, since then there has been no additional federal funding. It is a double deck bridge with rail on the bottom and autos above. The auto portion was weight listed at 8,000 pounds last November resulting in truck traffic needing to be diverted to either Keokuk or Burlington.