The Northeast Polk County Beltway is a proposed traffic corridor around the northeast side of the metro area through the last expanse of Polk County's prime farmland. The proposed beltway would extend from Altoona at I-80 north to the edge of the city of Elkhart (or possibly much farther north), west to the Polk City area, and then south to IA 141/IA 415. To download and view a map of the range of alternatives under consideration for the Northeast Polk County Beltway click here.

The NW 26th Street project/MLK Extension is a proposed north/south traffic corridor. Proponents of the project, including some Polk County Supervisors, city officials, and developers, want a four-lane extension of MLK, Jr. Parkway from Euclid Avenue in Des Moines north to Interstate 35/80, and interchange, and a widened NW 26th Street leading to IA 415 in the Ankeny area. To download and view a map of the range of alternatives under consideration for the NW 26th Street project/MLK Extension click here. 

• Letter from the King-Irving Neighborhood Board
• NW 26th Street Project/MLK Extension Brochure from the Neighborhood and Natural Preservation Project
  
• "Seek other options: Don't build road through river greenbelt" Guest Column in the Des Moines Register by John Wenck
• MLK Extension Presentation in pdf
  
• Letter from the DNR to Senator Grassley, Senator Harkin & Representative Boswell
• Letter from the DNR to the Polk County Board of Supervisors
  
• Petition to Oppose Northern Extension of Martin Luther, Jr. Parkway and the Construction of a New Interchange

Citizen comments will be used to narrow the range of alternatives to "preferred" locations for both projects. You can learn more about each project and range of alternatives at: http://www.polkcountyiowa.gov/PublicWorks/pages/specialProjects.aspx