On the eastern edge of downtown Omaha, a 30,000-square-foot building will hold the city’s future streetcars.
Construction on the roughly $26 million streetcar maintenance facility is still underway. Within the next year, the concrete building east of Eighth Street along Riverfront Drive will become a hub for the ambitious streetcar project.
“It will be the place where our six vehicles are maintained, washed and repaired,” said Omaha Mayor John Ewing. “It will also house staff offices and the Streetcars Operations Command Center, helping support the day-to-day operations, safety and reliability of the system.”…