News Flash

City of Ankeny Enhances Pedestrian Safety with New School Speed Zones and Rapid Flashing Beacons

The City of Ankeny is working to enhance pedestrian safety by adding two new 15-mph school speed zones with trained adult crossing guards beginning Aug. 23 to serve Heritage Elementary School and St. Luke the Evangelist Catholic School. They are located o...

SW Ordnance Road Asphalt Street Resurfacing Project Begins June 5

Starting on June 5, the 2023 Asphalt Street Resurfacing Program - SW Ordnance Road project will begin. This project will mill, overlay, and reconstruct the shoulders on SW Ordnance Road from east of SW Railroad Drive to west of SW Maple Street.

During cons...

SW Oralabor Road and SW State Street Intersection Improvements Project begins Monday, June 5

Beginning Monday, June 5 the SW Oralabor Road and SW State Street Intersection Improvements and Oralabor Gateway Trail SW State Street Underpass projects will begin. This is a two-year project and work will be completed in several stages during the 2023 a...

SW State Street Reconstruction Project starts June 5, 2023

Starting Monday, June 5, 2023, the southbound lanes of SW State Street will be closed to all traffic from just south of West First Street to SW Ordnance Road to allow for the SW State Street Reconstruction Project. Motorists should utilize the detour rout...

City of Ankeny to Host Transportation Master Plan Open House

The City of Ankeny invites the public to an Open House to launch the 2023 Transportation Master Plan (TMP) project on Thursday, June 8, 2023, from 4:30 – 7:30 p.m. The TMP Open House will be held at the Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library,1250 SW District Dr...

Northwest 18th Street closure to expand Thursday, June 1

The existing closure of NW 18^th Street will expand to the west to include the NW 18^th Street and NW Ash Drive intersection and to the east to N Ankeny Boulevard on Thursday, June 1, 2023. This will also close the NW 18^th Street and NW Briargate Drive inte...

Temporary SW Westview Drive Closure to begin May 18

SW Westview Drive will be closed south of the intersection with SW Magazine Road beginning Thursday, May 18. This closure is necessary for a storm sewer repair and will take approximately four weeks, weather depending. A detour will be in place utilizing ...

NE 36th Street and NE Fourmile Drive Intersection Reconstruction Project Starts April

The City of Ankeny will close the intersection of NE 36^th Street and NE Fourmile Drive to through traffic on Monday, April 24, 2023. The closure is necessary to begin the final stage of the NE 36^th Street Reconstruction Project, I-35 to NE Fourmile Drive,...

NE Delaware Avenue Reconstruction Project starts March 27

Starting Monday, March 27, 2023, NE Delaware Avenue from NE 5th Street to NE 15th Street will be fully closed to all traffic to allow for the NE Delaware Avenue Reconstruction Project. The detour route for NE Delaware Avenue is East First Street / North A...

Northwest 18th Street closed beginning March 26, 2023

Northwest 18^th Street will be closed from east of NW Ash Drive to west of NW Briargate Drive beginning Sunday afternoon, March 26, weather permitting. The closure includes the intersection of NW 18^th Street and NW School Street/NW Wagner Boulevard. The in...