After sales tax renewal, what projects are down the road for Lincoln on the Move?

LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) — After Lincolnites overwhelmingly voted to continue the Lincoln on the Move project Tuesday, city officials are moving full speed ahead.

The quarter-cent sales tax will fund more than 60 projects through September 2033.

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Those projects are all over the city — from the Arnold Heights area to the East Ridge neighborhood.

“We also have projects down at Pine Lake. That’s another big area that’s going to be underway here in the next few days to weeks,” said Liz Elliott, director of the Lincoln Transportation and Utilities Department. “So, a lot going on across the entire city.”

In spring 2026, improvements will begin on 27th Street from Nebraska Parkway to South Street.

Around that same time, 70th Street from Pioneers to Van Dorn will also be revamped.

Further down the pike, an overhaul of 33rd Street and Cornhusker Highway is in the works.

Dozens of people showed up Wednesday evening for a public meeting about a project on 56th Street.

That project surprised Donald Knop, who said he couldn’t believe it’s taken LTU this long to repair that road.

“We’re really glad, although it’s going to be extremely inconvenient for the rest of the year,” he said. “But the improvement will be really, really appreciated.”

Another neighbor echoed that sentiment.

“Stoked, but annoyed, they’re fixing 56th finally,” Todd Stoves said. “Because I drive on that, like, every day, all the time.”

Attendees said they also have ideas for other roads that should be fixed.

“They’re incessantly fixing Normal (Boulevard),” Stoves said. “So they should just fix it once and then be done fixing Normal. That’d be sweet.”

One couple said the city should focus on fixing main roads instead of expanding on the edge of the city.

Elliott addressed concerns from those who question why the same section of road might be worked on more than once.

“We try to coordinate and get everything all at once, but sometimes something unexpected happens and we do have to come back in,” she said. “It frustrates us as well, so we try to minimize that and coordinate across the entire department to get everything all at once.”

LTU maintains a map of all the ongoing and upcoming street projects across the city on its website.