City of Grand Island Paving Improvement Project

City of Grand Island – State Street Roadway Improvement Project; Claude Road to Lawrence Lane/Overland Drive. 

The City of Grand Island Public Works Department is announcing the closure of State Street from US Highway 281 to Aspen Lane on Tuesday, August 25, 2026. Diers Avenue at the State Street intersection will be closed. State Street from US Highway 281 to Lawrence Lane/Overland Drive will continue to be closed. US Highway 281 at the State Street intersection will continue to have outside lane closures to protect the work zones. State Street detour route will be maintained on North Road, Capital Avenue, Webb Road and 13th Street. 

State Street, east of US Highway 281, is anticipated to be complete and open to traffic by September 30, 2026. State Street, west of US Highway 281, is anticipated to be complete and open to traffic by November 20, 2026. 

This project is part of the overall Claude Road/Diers Avenue improvements of several roadways in the City of Grand Island. It is anticipated that these projects will occur over several years at a pace dictated by budgets, development growth and need. A Claude Road extension from just north of Faidley Avenue to State Street, which has been completed, was the major focus of this project. Claude Road was built with plans to build several connections to Diers Avenue guided by an existing City of Grand Island concept plan. This project allows for improvements to the Diers Avenue corridor intended to control access and improve traffic performance and safety. These Diers Avenue improvements are the second component to this project. Also associated with this project is the potential for improvements to the Highway 281 and 30 corridors adjacent to the other project areas. These improvements would focus on creating north and southbound left-turn lane offsets as well as right turn lanes to exit from the highway. 

The State Street project includes a concrete curb and gutter roadway section along with sidewalk, traffic control, drainage and all other associated improvements needed to complete the project. 

On May 11, 2026, City Council awarded the State Street construction contract to Van Kirk Bros. Contracting of Sutton, Nebraska for $2,888,826.44. 

For more information on the roadway projects, and other Public Works projects, visit the projects webpage at https://www.grand-island.com/o/cgi/page/2025-planned-project, or call Public Works at 308-385-5455.