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MAPA is hosting an open house as part of the public comment period for an amendment to its 2050 Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP).

The open house is scheduled from 4-6 p.m. July 20, 2023, at MAPA offices located at 2222 Cuming St., Omaha, NE 68102. The public may attend at any time during the two-hour period.

The LRTP amendment adds regional streetscape projects and a safety project to the plan and will update construction costs for several other projects included already in the plan.

The amendment includes several streetscape projects such as:

• Omaha’s North 24th Street Streetscape improvements
• Omaha’s Blackstone District Streetscape improvements
• City of Bellevue’s Mission Avenue Streetscape project

The amendment also includes a Nebraska Department of Transportation-sponsored safety project.

Updates to construction costs for the following projects are included too:

• Gretna to Wehrspann Trail
• Bellevue 36th Street Phase II
• U.S. Hwy 34 Bike & Walking Trail Phase 2
• Grouped Projects – Nebraska Planning

The public comment period runs July 6, 2023 to Aug. 4, 2023.

View the amendment at tinyurl.com/LRTPAMDT3

Submit written comments by 4:30 p.m. Aug. 4, 2023, via email to transportation@mapacog.org or U.S. Mail to MAPA, 2222 Cuming St., Omaha, NE 68102.