Area road construction projects set to begin

A number of road projects are either under way or set to begin in the next week as the Nebraska Department of Roads repairs and replaces highways throughout the area.

Weather permitting, the Union Pacific Railroad is scheduled to close the crossing on US-30 east of 5th Avenue in Sidney for reconstruction of the railway crossover. The department will close US-30 at the railway crossover for five days from 8:00 a.m. on March 27 until 5:00 p.m. on March 31.

Simon Contractors, Inc., of Cheyenne, Wyoming, has the $3,615,537 project. The city of Sidney has recommended and agreed with the contractor...