OMAHA- The latest design for Omaha’s $300 million-plus streetcar project calls for a shortened route, at least initially, through the urban core of Nebraska’s largest city. Architects of the plan say the modifications would make it easier if, in the future, the route was to be extended into North Omaha or westward onto the growing University of Nebraska Medical Center campus.

The recommended changes were discussed during a news conference. Changes require approval by the Omaha Streetcar Authority.

Streetcar supporters said they held the event to provide updates on various project elements. They also shared new conceptual images of stations that will rise at 16 stops along the streetcar route, which is to run east on Harney Street and west on Farnam Street.

“This is really the community’s first opportunity to see images that are a product of a tremendous amount of work,” said Jay Noddle, chairman of the Omaha Streetcar Authority. Noddle and the mayor said the City of Omaha has applied for a $300,000 federal grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation to study an extension of the streetcar path to North Omaha and possibly to the airport.

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