USDOT invests $59.6 million into Nebraska transportation projects

LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) — The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) has announced an investment of $59.6 million into Nebraska transportation projects.

USDOT has selected seven projects to receive the federal funding.

The projects include a Nebraska Department of Transportation (NDOT) truck parking project along Interstate 80 in Dawson County and six rail projects.

The NDOT project will add around 120 new truck parking stalls between Elm Creek and Overton.

The rail projects will be track improvements for select BNSF owned infrastructure, a study of at-grade crossings in Crete, a study done by NDOT of around 98 at-grade railroad crossings across six counties of western Nebraska and development of artificial intelligence predictive technology in Imperial, Hamlet and Culbertson.