Big lake dreams dashed by feasibility report
Like a comet that swings by the earth every few years, there’s been talk now and then about placing some huge development between Omaha and Lincoln along the Platte River.
Between the state’s two largest cities would be an ideal location for a new football stadium for the Cornhuskers, the reasoning goes. An airport there would attract more flights to and from our state. And wouldn’t a huge lake look great along Interstate 80 in that spot? Back in the day, the idea was to dam up the Platte River and create a massive reservoir upriver from Ashland and Gretna. But those proposals were quickly shot down like pheasants on opening weekend after residents of Ashland – whose homes and businesses would be inundated by the lake – howled objections.
