PUBLIC WORKS AND UTILITIES DEPARTMENT
Engineering Services, 531 Westgate Blvd., Lincoln, NE 68528, 441-7711, fax 441-6576
Open House Planned on Safety Improvements at Van Dorn Intersections With 9th and 10th Streets
The public is invited to an open house on a safety improvement project at the intersections of Van Dorn Boulevard with 9th Street (one-way south) and 10th Street (one-way north). The meeting is set for 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m, Tuesday, March 28 in the cafeteria at Irving Middle School, 2745 South 22nd Street.
There have been a significant number of crashes involving vehicles headed north on 10th Street and turning west at Van Dorn. The project will create two left-turn lanes for the northbound traffic. The improvements also include the installation of new traffic signals, dynamic message signs and a sidewalk on the north side of Van Dorn to connect 9th Street with the existing pedestrian underpass to Van Dorn Park. Engineers expect the project will enable the intersections to accommodate the high volume of semi-trailer and passenger traffic in the area and to reduce crashes at this location by half. This safety project is eligible to receive 80-percent federal safety funding, with 10-percent state and local funding matches. Construction is tentatively scheduled to begin in late spring 2007.
At the open house, representatives from the project team will be available to explain the improvements and answer questions.
For more information on the project, see the project website 
. You also may call Kris Humphrey with the City Public Works and Utilities Department at 441-7592 or Gretchen Dolson at HDR at 742-2900.
