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Mayor updates Bellevue water park timeline and says city is coordinating on traffic fixes
Summary
Mayor Rusty Hight provided a construction update on the Bellevue water park, said the facility will include a retractable roof for year-round use, acknowledged "very legitimate" traffic concerns and said Bellevue is working with the state and Sarpy County on intersection lighting and Platteview Road improvements ahead of a projected late-summer 2027 opening.
Mayor Rusty Hight, mayor of Bellevue, offered an on-site update March 25 on the city's new water park, saying construction is visibly underway and the indoor facility will feature a retractable roof.
"What you see behind me is the Bellevue water park," Hight said, describing uprights and roof trusses rising at the site. He added the roof is retractable and "it's going to make it comfortable year-round." He said it has been about a year since the project's groundbreaking.
The mayor acknowledged local concern about traffic near the interchange, calling those worries "very legitimate." He said the city is coordinating with the state of Nebraska and Sarpy County on near-term traffic changes and longer-term roadway improvements.
Hight said the state plans to install lighted intersections to address conflict points where vehicles cross, and he noted a Sarpy County announcement about road work on Platteview Road extending to 42nd Street. "From 10th Street here all the way out to 42nd," he said, the city is working on transportation routes to make the area safer.
Hight closed the update by saying the program will continue to provide updates and that the water park is expected to open in late summer 2027. No formal votes or policy actions were recorded during the segment.
The city did not specify funding sources, construction contractor names, or final traffic designs in this update; those details remain to be provided by city or county transportation officials.
