Eight people were killed and eight others injured over a 10 day stretch last year on a section of Interstate 80 in Jasper County, and construction begins today on a project to install median cable barriers there. All of the deadly accidents last year were caused by motorists losing control and crossing wide-open medians. Governor Chet Culver called for the barriers to be installed statewide, and there are plans for 179 miles of barriers this construction season. Most of the barrier work will be on I-80 in central and eastern Iowa, and it will continue throughout the summer and fall.
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