New Highway and Street Superintendents Licensed
Oct. 23, 2026 (Lincoln, Neb.) — Five people successfully completed the Oct. 2, 2026, examination and are now licensed by the Nebraska Board of Public Roads Classifications and Standards.
Licensed as Class B County Highway and City Street Superintendents are: Mr. Thomas Fields of Norfolk; Mr. Matt Mitchell of Dalton; Mr. Blake Power of Kearney; Ms. Ashley Rasmussen of Stromsburg; and Ms. Nicole Lynn Tyrrell-Feltes of Pender.
Fields is a Staff Engineer with McLaury Engineering; Mitchell is the Assistant Highway Superintendent for the Cheyenne County Highway Department; Power is the Assistant Highway Superintendent for the Buffalo County Highway Department; Rasmussen is the Highway Superintendent for the York County Highway Department; and Tyrrell-Feltes is the Village Clerk, for the Village of Pender.
The next examination will be held April 2, 2027, with an application deadline of December 31, 2026.
Applications can be obtained by contacting the Nebraska Board of Public Roads Classifications and Standards, PO Box 94759, Lincoln, Nebraska 68509, 402-479-4436, and by visiting the website listed below.
Others recently licensed as Class B Highway and City Street Superintendents include: Mr. Nate Jensen, P.E., of Minden; Mr. Bryan D. Kratky, P.E., of Omaha; and Mr. Travis Lee Wallen, P.E., of McCook.
Professional Engineers (P.E.) are licensed by equivalency. Jensen is Engineer with Brown Surveying Services in Grand Island; Kratky is a Construction Engineering Lead with Lamp Rynearson in Omaha; and Wallen is a Professional Engineer with W. Design Associates in McCook.
Superintendents are qualified to assist in administering county, city and village road and street
programs, including:
-preparing one- and six-year improvement plans or programs,
-preparing annual budgets,
-supervising the annual program for design, construction and maintenance of roads and streets, and
-coordinating plans with adjacent counties, cities, villages and with the Nebraska Department of Transportation.
Additional information about the licensing program is available at the Nebraska Department of
Transportation, Boards – Local Assistance Division, Liaison Services Section website, ndot.info/boards-liaison.