The Nebraska Department of Roads’ (NDOR) Fiscal Year 2016 Surface Transportation Program will provide for $505 million for the State Highway System program and $334 million for the Local System Program, as announced July 7.
The State Highway System funds will provide for 110 new projects, with $495 million of the total for construction and $10 million for planning and research. State highway cash funds account for $197 million, federal funds will supply $226 million and $19 million will come from federal earmark and local funds. The Build Nebraska Act will supply $63 million.
The Local System Program funding includes $258 million from the State Highway Trust Fund, $39 million from federal funds, $22 million from the federal funds purchase program, $11 million from the Build Nebraska Act, and $4 million from LB 610A state funds.
Major projects during the fiscal year, which began July 1 and continues through June 30, 2016, include:
- 11.6 miles of roadway widening, asphalt resurfacing and bridge repair east of Farnam on N-23 in Frontier County
- 10.6 miles of roadway widening, asphalt resurfacing and bridge repair on N-11 north of Burwell in Garfield County
- 11.5 miles of concrete resurfacing of U.S 30 in Keith County
- Concrete reconstruction of U.S. 30 and N-14 in Central City in Merrick County
- 4.2 miles of asphalt resurfacing in Central City
- A new interchange southeast of Nebraska City
- 4-lane expressway between Plattsmouth and Bellevue
- 4-lane expressway on U.S. 30 between Schuyler and Rogers
- 4-lane reconstruction of the Heartland Expressway south of Alliance
- 9.2 miles of concrete pavement replacement on Interstate 80 between Lodgepole and Chappell in Cheyenne and Deuel Counties
- 7.8 miles of replacement on I-80 west of the South Platte River in Deuel County
