With revelers set to return to the Las Vegas Strip and downtown to ring in the New Year, locals and visitors alike can expect an influx of traffic and road closures as the area ushers in 2022.
Road Warrior
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Before friends and family can gather and be merry they’ll have to deal with the Scrooge of the season: travel.
With the pandemic emphasizing how much Nevadans relied on in-person Department of Motor Vehicles visits, the agency is looking to the future with a major online shift.
A new road project aims to provide a new access point to the growing portion of the Las Vegas Valley and eventually to Interstate 15.
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