July was a busy month for Iowa to share the advancements it’s made in transportation research with peers from other states and around the world!
From July 23-26, the Iowa Highway Research Board and Iowa County Engineer’s Association hosted the 13th International Conference on Low Volume Roads.
The event only happens every four years, and this year’s conference in Cedar Rapids brought hundreds of attendees from more than 20 countries to exchange strategies and new technologies to address the challenges of planning, designing, constructing, operating and maintaining unpaved roads.
It also offered an exciting opportunity for Iowa to demonstrate its innovations and state-of-the-art practices during a half-day tour of low-volume roads and the Sutliff Bridge in Johnson County.
During that same week, from July 23-28, representatives from Iowa DOT Research and peers from other state transportation research programs gathered in Chattanooga, Tennessee for the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) Research Advisory Committee (RAC) annual meeting.
This national event offers a forum for states to discuss cutting-edge ideas and innovations in transportation research. The AASHTO RAC meeting is also where states’ research efforts are recognized and honored; Iowa DOT shared details of its project to train and improve computer models to predict where deicers should applied during winter storms, which was selected for one of AASHTO’s prestigious 2023 Supplemental High Value Research Award.
This award marks the 13th HVR award (including supplemental HVR awards) that Iowa DOT Research has earned in the last 10 years.
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