The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System has announced road closures beginning Monday, April 2nd, on the Omaha VA Medical Center campus. The closures are designed to accommodate the construction site for the Ambulatory Care Center (ACC).

The road closures impact Nimitz Drive, the road that connects Woolworth Avenue to the hospital’s main entrance and parking lots, and Puller Drive, the road that connects Center Street to the main entrance. The closure will be permanent as the new ACC building will connect to the existing hospital. The hospital and outpatient clinics may be accessed by the Woolworth Avenue entrance.

The loading dock, physician parking lot, Building 9 and Building 8 will continue to be accessed from Center Street. In addition to the road closure, a section of parking lot 2 (located northeast of the main hospital entrance) will be closed. Lot 2 will be relabeled to provide Veterans with the closest available parking on campus. Shuttle service will continue from the parking lots to the main entrance.

Additional Veteran, visitor and employee parking has been secured at a University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) owned lot approximately one mile away from the VA. Shuttle Service will be provided from this lot to the medical center.

While the impact should be minimal, Veterans, visitors and employees are encouraged to consider how the road closures and parking changes will affect their transportation to the medical center beginning April 2.