Blair explores second bypass route to ease heavy truck traffic through downtown

BLAIR, Neb. (KMTV) — Blair explores north bypass to reduce truck traffic downtown. South bypass helped but neighbors want more relief from converging highways.

"We just have to deal with it for now because there's no other options," said one Blair neighbor.

The city is in the earliest stages of planning, with environmental review work already underway.

Video shows truck traffic on Washington Street.

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Blair is exploring a second bypass route to further reduce heavy truck traffic rumbling through its downtown business district, though the project could take five to six years to get off the ground.

The city opened a south bypass in September 2024 that helped divert some traffic from the downtown area where four major highways converge: Highway 75, Highway 30, High