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Heartland Expressway News

• Nebraska Announces Funding for Expansion of the Heartland Expressway

  September 23, 2016 The Nebraska Department of Roads (NDOR) and Governor Ricketts announced today $300 million in transportation construction investments, including U.S. 26 from Minatare to U.S. 385, as a 4-lane divided highway, as well as the design of 12 projects, including U.S. 385 from Alliance to Chadron, as a Super 2, and planning of […]

• ‘Super 2’ highways considered for stretching road budgets

  LINCOLN (AP) — Road planners are considering “Super 2” highways as a way to stretch Nebraska’s highway dollars. The two-lane highways have wider shoulders and an extra passing lane every five miles or so. Nebraska Roads Department engineers have said the design could increase traffic flow at less than half the price of a new […]

• Testimony: Act key to helping freight move FAST across the country

  Economic development and keeping products moving cross country were among the discussions during a hearing in Scottsbluff Monday. A U.S. Senate field hearing, “Keeping Goods Moving in America’s Heartland,” was held by the Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety and Security Subcommittee in Scottsbluff Wednesday to discuss the FAST Act, a five-year federal highway […]

• Bill to accelerate work on Nebraska roads, bridges advances

  LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) – A bill designed to expedite work on Nebraska road and bridge projects has won first-round approval from lawmakers. The measure that advanced Tuesday on a 43-0 vote would withdraw $50 million from the state’s cash reserve for an “infrastructure bank” fund. The Nebraska Department of Roads would pull money from the […]