Summer projects to bring temporary labor, potential problems to city

Hundreds of workers will travel to Sidney this summer to labor on the many construction projects soon to be underway.

Both Chief of Police B.J. Wilkinson and City Manager Gary Person acknowledge that the presence of so many additional people in the community could pose some problems. Projects set for construction this summer include the new Sidney Regional Medical Center, many streets for new developments in the Interstate 80 area, as well as work on Fort Sidney Rd, Greenwood Rd and Toledo St., Cabela’s corporate expansion, The Ranch subdivision and the new Marriott hotel—in addition t...