Highway 133 Widening

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Highway 133 Widening

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Expansion of Nebraska Highway 133 to start early

http://www.omaha.com/article/20120912/N ... 39964/1016
Paul Hammel, World-Herald Bureau wrote:Gov. Dave Heineman and the state’s new roads director, Randy Peters, said that work will begin a year earlier than expected on widening Nebraska Highway 133 between Omaha and Blair, Neb.

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Work will begin this spring on widening the two-lane, Highway 133, to four lanes from just north of Omaha to approximately 3 miles north of the Washington County line, near the Lakeland development.

The nearly 5 miles of new, four-lane highway will cost $23 million and take two years to build. Construction of a second segment northward to Blair, about 6 miles costing $30 million, will be started when the first segment is completed.
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This seems unnecessary to me. Isn't Blair a shrinking town, anyway?
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No, Blair is growing at a fair clip, but it probably is unnecessary. It seems like NDOR had run out of things to do so they're trying to look busy.
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If there's Federal money involved, sometimes projects have to start by a certain date or else you risk losing any Federal funding.
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TitosBuritoBarn wrote:No, Blair is growing at a fair clip, but it probably is unnecessary. It seems like NDOR had run out of things to do so they're trying to look busy.
Even with the college closing and with higher gas prices? I thought that had pretty well stunted Blair's growth

Either way, if we get some federal money in a use-it-or-lose-it, there are probably worse things than widening 133
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riceweb wrote:
TitosBuritoBarn wrote:No, Blair is growing at a fair clip, but it probably is unnecessary. It seems like NDOR had run out of things to do so they're trying to look busy.
Even with the college closing and with higher gas prices? I thought that had pretty well stunted Blair's growth

Either way, if we get some federal money in a use-it-or-lose-it, there are probably worse things than widening 133
Besides Blair, the number of acreages around Blair is also really growing. The Street of Dreams was at Cottonwood Creek a couple years ago.
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Blair and the surrounding area is growing and has really grown over the years.  If you drive 133 at all especially during rush hour you would understand why this is a very good thing.  Traffic is really bad.  Plus there are a number of roads going off of it without a turn lane so you have to stop right on the highway.
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travisheppner wrote:Blair and the surrounding area is growing and has really grown over the years.  If you drive 133 at all especially during rush hour you would understand why this is a very good thing.  Traffic is really bad.  Plus there are a number of roads going off of it without a turn lane so you have to stop right on the highway.
Also there was a fatal car accident recently that really pushed the issue I'm sure.
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