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Grand Island council hears wide-ranging one-and-six-year street improvement plan; Broadwell crossing, South Locust trail, drainage projects discussed
Summary
Public works staff presented the city’s one- and six-year street improvement plan at the July 22 meeting, outlining major capital projects, timelines, and funding steps including a $34 million Broadwell grade-separation study, South Locust improvements and multiple drainage and intersection projects tied to recent flood response.
The Grand Island City Council held a public hearing on the city’s one- and six-year street improvement plan on July 22, 2025. Keith Kurtz, the city’s public works director, presented the plan and answered detailed questions about project timelines, costs and coordination with state and private partners.
Kurtz described a portfolio of projects the department is advancing. He said the Broadwell grade-separation corridor effort is a large, multi-year project that currently carries an estimated total project cost of about $34 million with a projected city share around $6 million. On a separate but related item, Burlington Northern proposed a planning study of 17 rail crossings within the metropolitan planning organization area; that study is a $750,000 effort for which Kurtz said federal FRA funding could…
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