New Closures Hit Northeast Ankeny

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If you drive through northeast Ankeny, your usual route may have changed over the weekend. A stretch of NE Berwick Drive closed Monday, NE Chambers Parkway is down to a signed detour, and the Hawkeye Park tennis courts are fenced off until fall — three city projects, all running at once. There's no council meeting to recap this morning, so here's the thing that'll actually shape your week: where the orange barrels went up. Let's roll. 🚲

Two northeast Ankeny roads are detoured this week, and they're worth knowing before you back out of the driveway.

NE Berwick Drive closed Monday, June 8 — a short section just south of NE 33rd Street, roughly three-quarters of a mile south of Oralabor Road. Crews are installing storm sewer beneath the road for the Berwick Estates Plat 2 improvements. The signed detour runs NE 70th Avenue → NE 46th Avenue → Oralabor Road/NE 78th Avenue, and the city expects the work to wrap in about 10 days.

NE Chambers Parkway is in Stage 3 of its reconstruction. The segment from the NE Williamsburg Drive intersection down to NE 13th Court/NE Vicksburg Drive closed June 1 while the contractor removes pavement. The maintained detour uses NE 16th Street, NE 102nd Avenue and NE Frisk Drive. Stages 1 and 2 are already reopened.

Both are part of the city's Capital Improvement Program — the rolling five-year plan that keeps Ankeny's streets and utilities from aging out all at once. Translation: expect more of this all summer.

📍 Source: City of Ankeny — NE Berwick Drive Closure · NE Chambers Parkway Closure Shifts

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The tennis courts at Hawkeye Park are closed and fenced off as of this week, and they won't reopen until fall. The city is tearing out the old courts and replacing them with six new tennis courts, plus new perimeter fencing, wind screens, energy-efficient lighting and a practice backboard. Work is expected to be done by the end of September, weather permitting. In the meantime, the city points players to the courts at Greentree Park and the Prairie Ridge Sports Complex.

📍 Source: City of Ankeny — Hawkeye Park Tennis Courts Reconstruction

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📍 Source: Ankeny Fanatic — Jaguars get rematch vs. Ankeny in 3A quarterfinals

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Summer construction is officially here: Berwick Drive and Chambers Parkway are detoured, and Hawkeye Park's tennis courts are out until fall — check your route before you leave. And this afternoon, one Ankeny soccer program's season ends in Ames.

Tomorrow: the result from the Hawks–Jaguars quarterfinal, and a look ahead to Thursday's Beats & Eats at the AMP.

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