OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Drivers heading to or from northwest Omaha will find a major thoroughfare closed down beginning next week.

Military Road east of 72nd Street is a major traffic route. Around 25,000 cars travel this road daily.

The closure has people asking a lot of questions.

Residents seek answers

Yvonne Taylor lives in an apartment building near 69th and Military Avenue right across from Benson Park.

“It’s heavy traffic, especially when people are going and getting off work,” Taylor said.

Next to her building, a two-week long culvert improvement project on Cole Creek is wrapping up. The culvert needed to be replaced to mitigate flooding downstream.

It’s what happens next that has her concerned. Roughly three blocks of Military Avenue will be completely closed in both direction

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