A DOT meeting the day after Memorial Day in Holstein brought up plans for four-laning US 20 from US 59 to the west Ida/Sac county boundary. I say “the west” because US 20 is atop the survey correction line here, and there is a portion where to the north is Sac County and to the south is Ida County.
Unlike the section between US 59 and Correctionville, this four-lane plan keeps the existing US 20 roadbed more or less intact as the new eastbound lanes with one exception: the dip away from the correction line just west of Galva will be mostly straightened.
Compared to most expressway projects, little right-of-way remains to be acquired, showing decades-ago hope/foresight of the DOT to have land ready for expansion. The speed at which this plan was put up for a public meeting also shows pre-planning.