" This may be an example closer to what citizens have as a vision west of the Haymarket...not baseball fields. "

" Great article, really articulates what is going to happen with the project. Also, Haymarket Park is the perfect place for a youth baseball complex. "

" I think there are two main groups that oppose the project, one that doesn't know the true intent of the project aside the "ditch" and rare flood event, and small-town minded people who won't be happy no matter what happens. After following the project for years now, it seems like the slow pace of Antelope Valley contributed to both sentiments. After about four years of work, the only noticeable thing Lincoln has so far is an incomplete elevated intersection. Sure, there are new landscaping, housing developments, and aesthetic modifications, but most of these are subtle and not reflective of the true finished project of Antelope Valley. The city and involved parties need to raise funds quicker and try to phase in the more relevant portions of Antelope Valley. Right now, 2020 is long off and some Lincolnites are getting antsy given the recent budget and tax issues. "

" What about the train tracks, will those be re-routed or will they still cut through the park? "

" Re-route the Train tracks where? you would have to move the whole operation of the Lincoln Yards. Which neighborhood you going to run them through? and who is going to pay for it? "

" Wow only 35 percent finished and 150 million to go and the city is 9 million over budget, where is the money for this going to come from. We aren't in the desert and Moses is not leading the tribe, and mana is not going to come from heaven in the form of 150 million. The old saying was and still is, "let my people go" it still rings true today. All I can really say is wow, what a way to plan and the city really did not get to vote on this, what a deal. Guess that shows us who makes decisions. "

" I am glad I moved from tax happy lincoln. Where is the money going to come from. Property taxes? Sales tax? Good luck liberals "

" This will really help beautify our city and atract people! "

" One reason the Antelope Valley project was pushed so hard in the first place was the long overdue re-routing of traffic AROUND the University. Like it or not, figures I saw in the LJS during the 1990's said that, on average, 2 people were killed by pedestrian/vehicle accidents on 16th or 17th streets every year due, mostly due to the increase in traffic on 16th & 17th as the city has grown. Those traffic levels have not, in fact, decreased in the decade since I read that statistic. Since Lincoln's "leadership" didn't fix the problem in the 1980's (with the failed Northeast Radial project), they have now had to push that issue off into almost the 2010's. Whether folks like it or not (and in many ways, I personally don't) Lincoln IS growing. Without organized, constructive growth being enforced (as it is currently NOT being done on the city's edges), Lincoln will only run into the same kinds of issues in the future that were left to be dealt with through the Antelope Valley project. If city leaders REALLY want to make the Antelope Valley project a success in the future, they need to be doing everything they can to bring in REAL large-scale, long-term employers - and forcing businesses to pay living wages, instead of the "oh you're just a college student, so I can treat you like dirt" wages too many businesses in Lincoln prefer to pay now. If it all comes together, this project could be really neat. But with the history of the so-called "leadership" in this city, I'll believe it when and if I see it. Frankly, I truly think I'll have to leave to find a better paying job long before it's done. "

" One thing is certain. Antelope Valley Project will benefit this city in one way or another, rather than not at all. But the burning question I have, and I have been a lifelong Lincoln resident battling this problem since i was old enough to drive, is when is a city of this size going to build an expressway system free of traffic signals to get from one end of the city to the other. Will the Antelope Valley Project spur something like this, or is something like this included in the project? Many folks I have talked to that live outside of Lincoln say its a hard city to navigate because of the traffic grid that has been laid out due to poor planning. To me, Omaha is much easier to drive in because they have a freeway system in place. I do hope the Antelope Valley creates, or includes this in its plans, when its all said and done. "

" We need a concrete skatepark thrown in there somewhere. It could be a great benefit to the youth of Lincoln. Skateboarding should not be a crime. "

" I can't see how this project benefits the city in any way? Does it provide long term jobs? Does it create better traffic flow from one end of town to the other? Does it create more retail? The answer to those and more is NO! The only thing it has done is increase property taxes. And which mayor pushed for this and got the ball rolling? None other than our former mayor/governor-now Sec'y of Ag Johanns. Remember that failed plan to turn P street into 2 way street? Another failure of Johanns. Our taxes have risen because of his inept leadership of spend future money that we don't have. "

" with all this green space why do we need green space at 13th and P "

" To Buffalo, the idea is to create a corridor of development along the creek and the new north-south roadway, which could lead to more long-term jobs if companies invest in the area. The project's intent is to revitalize the truly blighted area east of downtown while redirecting traffic around UNL as opposed to through UNL. To Grow Up Lincoln, I would like to see an expressway system, but I don't think they'll ever be on that's through the center of the city. Lincoln's precessors in the planning department dropped the ball back then when it came to that. We just have to hope that the beltways proposed to surround the city get the funding to move forward. "

" To dfc, the Antelope Valley projects was in its planning stages during Johanns' tenure. Johanns is a Republican, so I think it is inaccurate to say that this project was mainly a liberal creation. "

" Its interesting to me as one of the people who pays flood insurance for this 100 year flood that all the work has started on this project has been NOT in my area. "

" A day late and a dollar short!!! This is like a kid that gets out of school and says, after about 15 or 20 years of partying and having fun, then I'll get a job to earn a living. In the mean time , mom & pop your gonna pay for all my wants and fun fun and pleasure. Who cares if you go broke, or have to do with out, I'm having my fun and your gonna pay for it!!!! Vision group my eye!!! You build business and industry before the fun & games. At least thats the way it works in ALL the cities I've lived in. KC has the jobs for people you idiots!!! Better know what your comparing to!!! No better stated than, ALL THE BRAINS HAVE LEFT THE CITY!!! "