MAPA study options to address traffic for busy North 30th street corridor: ‘a lot of it comes down to safety’

Copy This Embed Code: Ad OMAHA, Neb. (KMTV) — The sound of traffic flying by on 30th street is disturbing businesses and residents in the north Omaha community. "Semi-trucks are doing just as fast most of the time as the cars," said Roger Bennett, owner of Rogers Hair Design. For Bennett, speed is a big concern. "I am just worried mostly about my older customers that have a really slow reflex time because it just happens so fast," Bennett said. Bennett also lives there, experiencing the noise and speed, constantly. "Yeah, the big trucks, especially the cattle trucks, and things that come by, shake the house, quite a bit," Bennett said. In a final report Friday, the Omaha-Council Bluffs Metropolitan Area Planning Agency (MAPA) released feasible options to help traffic, but it’s important to note, nothing will immediately come from these options. "Nothing has been designed, this is all just sort of a feasibility level study and the next steps would be dependent on elected officials," said Court Barber, transportation planner for MAPA. It puts an emphasis on safety. "A lot of it comes down to safety, but it is also about making sure that we are moving goods […]

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