As part of the conversion of US 30 between Ames and Nevada to a full freeway, the Iowa DOT plans to build an interchange on the west side of Nevada near the airport. The exit would not be completed until 2028.
A press release says a virtual presentation will be available starting around noon tomorrow through next Wednesday. At the time this blog post was published, there were no PDFs online. There will be an in-person meeting Tuesday at Nevada City Hall from 5 to 6:30.
The exit is at 610th Avenue/Airport Road by the Van Wall farm implement dealership. East-west roads to the northwest and southeast would be paved. The press release says “all interchanges” between Ames and the east side of Nevada would be closed; that should be all intersections. For the time being, the Sixth Street intersection on the south side of Nevada is being kept open even as an overpass is being built to eliminate the intersection with S14.
This has been in the works for a decade. The Nevada Journal reported in mid-2015 that the exit was on the five-year plan with completion in 2020. Then it was off the plan after a public outcry over closing the Sixth Street intersection. In mid-2020, the Nevada City Council voted to support the Airport Road interchange.