PUBLIC WORKS AND UTILITIES DEPARTMENT
Engineering Services, 531 Westgate Blvd., Lincoln, NE 68528, 441-7711, fax 441-6576
Date: July 13, 2010
For More Information: Holly Lionberger, Engineering Services, 441-8400
Larry Duensing, Engineering Services, 441-8401
Open House Set on Road Improvements
Construction to begin Monday, July 19
The public is invited to an open house Thursday, July 15 on three street improvement projects:
- "A" Street from 17th to 27th streets
- "A" Street from 27th Street to Capitol Parkway
- 27th Street from "A" to South streets
The meeting is from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Antelope Park shelter, northeast of the Auld Recreation Center, 1650 Memorial Drive. The projects include street rehabilitation, traffic signal replacement and some sidewalk and ramp reconstruction.
Construction will begin at 9 a.m. Monday, July 19 with the closing of "A" Street from 27th to Capital Parkway. The detour route is 27th, South, 40th and "A." The Rock Island Trail also will be closed at "A" Street, and trail users will be detoured to the Billy Wolff Trail from Garfield to 27th streets. Trail access to the Children's Zoo will be maintained from 27th Street.
If the projects stay on schedule, the intersection of 27th and "A" streets and 27th Street from "A" to South streets will be closed August 2. Updates will be issued.
For more information on the open house, contact Holly Lionberger, Public Works and Utilities Department, at 441-8400. For more information on the construction, contact Larry Duensing, Public Works and Utilities Department, at 441-8401. Information on City street projects can be found on the City website at lincoln.ne.gov (keyword: projects).
