LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) – The O Street Project is set to be the biggest downtown revitalization project for Lincoln in the last 50 years.

It’s costing $35 million and is divided into three phases. The first phase is set to tackle work from 16th to 14th streets, strategically set to start after the Nebraska football season ends and the downtown area is slightly less crowded.

The Lincoln Transportation and Utilities Department held the last open house for the project on Tuesday night to communicate with the public before the groundbreaking.

“We’re replacing a 100-year-old water main, major street repairs throughout, shifting on-street bike lane from 14th to 11th and replacing almost every sidewalk in this area and tripling the amount of trees,” said Liz Elliot, Director of LTU.

She says it

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