Lincoln mayor and LTU announce $47.1 million in road improvements
LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) – Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird and the Lincoln Transportation and Utilities Department on Tuesday outlined significant street improvement plans.
The projects planned for the 2024 construction season aim to improve safety, mobility and economic vitality along both arterial and residential streets.
This plan includes 19 projects across Lincoln to build and improve streets, bridges, traffic signals and sidewalks.
The work will cost $47.1 million, bringing the total amount spent by the city on street improvements between 2019 and 2024 to $258 million.
Below is a list of projects planned for 2024. Projects marked with an asterisk began in 2023 and will continue this year.
Streets/bridges
- 11th Street Corridor
- Northwest 12th from West Adams to West Highland – Railroad Track Removal
- 14th from Yankee Hill to Pine Lake
- 40th from Yankee Hill to Rokeby*
- 48th from Leighton to Superior*
- 84th from Pinedale to Sandalwood
- Country Club Neighborhood
- Leighton from 48th to 70th
- West “A” from West City Limits to SW 23rd*
- West Adams Street Bridge Rehabilitation
- West Highland and West Fletcher
Traffic signals
- 31st and Old Cheney RRFB
- 84th and College Park
- Cotner Boulevard and Adams Street
Sidewalks
- 16th and “S” Intersection Pedestrian Ramps
- 45th and Old Cheney Retaining Wall
- Citywide Sidewalk and Ramp Repairs – Southeast Lincoln
- Citywide Sidewalk and Ramp Repairs – Southwest Lincoln
- Coddington Neighborhood Sidewalk Repair
