OMAHA- A state transportation team now monitors nearly 380 cameras and updates 330 message boards along state roadways to help get Nebraska motorists to their destinations safely and efficiently.

A new State Operations Center, at 4411 S. 108th St., has been formed to create one centralized command center that monitors the state highway network. Previously, those functions were split between offices in Lincoln and Omaha.

Hours will be expanded to create an around-the-clock system in which a team of about 10 workers watch roadways as they are reflected through the network of cameras and onto a wall of video screens. Those same workers receive and dispatch relevant information from and to partner agencies to help smooth traffic flow and avert or control catastrophes.

Ricketts and Nebraska Director of Transportation Tom Selmer said the enhancements for travelers and motorists will come mostly through streamlining, and without any added cost to taxpayers.

Selmer said his goal for the Nebraska Department of Transportation and the operations center is to provide even more predictive information. for both motorists and agencies.

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