Not a huge development in the scheme of things, but US 69 (South Duff Avenue) is getting its second stoplight south of US 30 in Ames, reports the Ames Tribune. The construction project will three-lane 69 from the first city street intersection on the south side northward and place a stoplight at Crystal Street (the Casey’s corner). The project, which also detours US 69 onto I-35, starts today and goes through Aug. 30.
Perhaps the more notable item is yet another apartment complex going up in Ames. The amount of off-campus housing has just exploded since I was at ISU, but a lot of it was near the South Dakota Avenue exit that opened in 2001.