US 34 in Ottumwa: The good, the bad, and the ugly

Last month the Iowa DOT had a meeting in Ottumwa to talk about plans for US 34 through the city. Part of it is urban arterial, part of it is super-early freeway style. There are three suggested paths forward (PDFs):

The composite report (PDF) lists the pros and cons (“roundabouts are evil” is omitted in the pros for the first two and cons for the third) and says the earliest this could start happening is the late 2020s.

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