The Bellevue City Council approved an agreement Tuesday with Felsburg Holt & Ullevig (FHU) for engineering services to retime traffic signals along Highway 370 between 48th Street and Arboretum Drive.
The agreement authorizes up to $88,250 in engineering services aimed at improving traffic flow along one of Bellevue’s busiest east-west corridors while also helping the city respond to traffic disruptions caused by the ongoing U.S. Highway 75 bridge rehabilitation project.
According to city documents, FHU will conduct a comprehensive traffic signal retiming study at eight signalized intersections along the corridor:
- Highway 370 and 48th Street
- Highway 370 and 42nd Street
- Highway 370 and 36th Street
- Highway 370 and Golden Boulevard
- Highway 370 and 25th Street
- Highway 370 and the southbound U.S. 75 ramps
- Highway 370 and the northbound U.S. 75 ramps
- Highway 370 and Arboretum Drive
The engineering firm will collect traffic data, perform field reviews, and develop updated signal timing plans designed to improve traffic progression along the corridor. The study will examine traffic conditions during morning, midday, evening and weekend periods.
As part of the project, FHU will conduct before-and-after travel time studies to measure the effectiveness of the new signal timing plans and document any improvements in traffic flow.
The work also includes temporary signal timing modifications related to the Nebraska Department of Transportation’s ongoing U.S. Highway 75 bridge repair project south of Highway 370.
City officials said the temporary timing plans will help accommodate traffic detours and shifting traffic patterns during both the southbound and northbound phases of the bridge construction project.
During the current southbound bridge construction phase, traffic exiting U.S. 75 is being detoured toward 25th Street. Engineers will evaluate operations and adjust signal timing at key intersections including Cornhusker Road and 25th Street, Highway 370 and 25th Street, and Highway 370 at the southbound U.S. 75 ramps.
Future work will focus on intersections near the northbound U.S. 75 ramps, Arboretum Drive, Fort Crook Road and Cornhusker Road as bridge construction progresses.
The project is funded through the city’s Signal Improvements program and is intended to improve traffic efficiency both during construction and after the Highway 370 corridor retiming is completed.
