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NDOT, Pillen Administration, City of Hastings to Celebrate Groundbreaking of US-6 Hastings Southeast Project

Officials from the Nebraska Department of Transportation (NDOT), alongside Governor Jim Pillen and Hastings Mayor Jay Beckby, will celebrate the beginning of the Hastings Southeast project with a ceremonial groundbreaking on Monday, Jan. 12, 2026 at 9 a.m. The project will reconstruct approximately 2.38 miles of U.S. Highway 6 (US-6) in Adams County…

New activated sludge basin equipment adding efficiency to PCF

The City of Hastings’ wastewater treatment process recently saw a boost in efficiency. At the Pollution Control Facility (PCF), on the eastern edge of Hastings, the west portion of the treatment basin and new blowers for the basin recently went into service. The PCF activated sludge plant includes an east basin and a west basin. The east basin had…

D Street to close one block east and west of Elm Ave for multiple weeks

Werner Construction Co. and Van Kirk Bros Contracting, respective contractor and subcontractor for the Nebraska Department of Transportation’s Hastings Southeast project, are planning to close D Street for a block on either side of Elm Avenue and about a block of Spencer Avenue south of D Street beginning on Monday, Jan. 5. The closure is for sanitary…

Proposed Blight Study #19

The Community Redevelopment Authority has applied for a determination of blight for an area approximately located between East 7th Street and the Union Pacific Train Tracks and North 6th Avenue and North Showboat Boulevard. This proposed Blight Study # 19 is proposed for Hastings Planning Commission consideration. Proposed Area 19 Blight Study The…

Proposed Plan Modification 2026-01

Proposed Plan Modification 2026-01: Middle School Redevelopment Project The Community Redevelopment Authority has proposed a Plan Modification in Redevelopment Area #1, to be known as the Middle School Redevelopment project. The property is generally located northeast of the intersection of West 5th Street and North Lincoln Avenue, on the east side…