The Nevada Highway Patrol was expected to re-open U.S. Highway 95 at Las Vegas Boulevard by 7:30 a.m. Wednesday following an investigation into a pedestrian being struck.
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U.S. Highway 95 was closed Monday afternoon in both directions because of police activity near Creech Air Force Base, according to the Regional Transportation Commission.
A combination of enforcement, education and motorists taking personal responsibility when they are behind the wheel are key to reducing the problem, police say.
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Although the new traffic signal will improve flow into and out of the resort, those looking to be among the first visitors inside the megaresort when it opens Thursday night could face heavy traffic on Las Vegas Boulevard.
Police say the 5:43 a.m. crash at Tropicana Avenue and Nellis Boulevard left a 33-year-old Las Vegas woman with a life-threatening head injury.
A multivehicle crash in the southern Las Vegas Valley Tuesday morning sent at least two people to the hospital and delayed traffic, police said.
The stretch of U.S. 95 between the Spaghetti Bowl and Eastern Avenue will be reduced to two travel lanes in each direction starting Sunday for southbound traffic and June 29 for northbound through Dec. 2022.
The closure was slated to begin Monday and last through Sept. 1, but scheduling issues resulted in the delay, the Nevada Department of Transportation announced Thursday.
The U.S. 95 southbound Casino Center offramp will be closed to traffic from midnight Monday through 5 a.m. Sept. 1.
The use of artificial intelligence to strategically position law enforcement vehicles on Las Vegas’ busiest highways appears to have had some initial success in reducing dangerous driving.
The project will take place as a moving operation, with Nevada Highway Patrol troopers escorting work crews, as they restripe the center and edge lane lines, according to Tony Illia, NDOT spokesman.
As the first official use of the Boring Company’s Convention Center Loop occurring Tuesday with the World of Concrete show, it appears the system won’t make it out into the Resort Corridor anytime soon.
Traffic on Interstate 15 reopened late Friday after it was stopped in the central Las Vegas corridor for more than three hours because of police activity.
A pedestrian was killed when he was struck by two vehicles in the eastern Las Vegas Valley early Thursday.
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