Council Bluffs reaches informal agreement on transfer

West Broadway (US 6) and North 16th Street (IA 192) in Council Bluffs will cease to be part of the Iowa highway system within a year, as the city council has approved a “memorandum of understanding” to take over the roads. The DOT has proposed giving the city $20 million, but a transfer of jurisdiction has not been finalized. The state will be in charge of snowplow duties this winter, so April 1 is probably the earliest date this can happen.