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MONTROSE, IA. -- Sections of Mississippi River Road in Montrose, Iowa washed out from heavy rains back in May.

Since then the road has continued to drop more.

Now, the area that needs to be filled in and fixed is 250 cubic meters.

KHQA's Jarod Wells shows you how the city is ready to move forward with those repairs.

The section of River Road in Montrose has been blocked off and down to one lane since May 13th.  The state of Iowa recently approved emergency repairs on the road.

Montrose City Councilman David Hawk said, "We will be bringing in product to fill in the hole and some of that will be recycled road product if it's available. What we will do is bring this back up to grade and rock on top and maintain that for a period of 1 to 2 year and then we can decide if they need to start seal coating again."

The material that will be used is called milling. It is a mixture of gravel along with group-up concrete and asphalt.

Hawk said, "I would think it would be a little bit better because it's permeable, water can get through it. It won't become totally saturated hopefully."

It is also easy to pack down. The Federal Highway Administration has given the city until November 13th to fix the road. After the work is completed it will reimburse the city 100% of the $13,000 estimated costs. The city also has two years to decide if it can afford to take on the task of fixing the hillside below the road. If it takes on that project within two years, the Federal Highway Administration will pay for 80% of those expenses.

Hawk said, "That estimated cost is $560,000."

If the city is able to fix the hillside, then a more permanent fix of the road will be done.  Either way....

Hawk said, "We're probably going to have to put some type of limit on heavy stuff moving down this road because I think that's probably what originated the problem to begin with. They cracked the road and then the road sank."

Work to fill in the road will begin this coming Monday, October 25th.