The Nevada Department of Transportation was upgrading a system near Saturday’s fatal wrong-way driver crash site to detect wrong-way drivers, but it was not ready for implementation.
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It is expected that President Joe Biden will make an official announcement about the grant award Friday in Las Vegas.
Gov. Joe Lombardo and other officials celebrated the substantial completion of the $272 million project, where construction has been going on since 2015.
The backup of post-holiday traffic on the southbound Interstate 15 heading out of Las Vegas to California is an annual tradition for drivers.
There’s good news for locals who want the affected roads cleared faster than winner Max Verstappen hoped to see our fair city in his rearview mirror.
“It makes a bunch of sense,” LVCVA president and CEO Steve Hill said. “If you go out there now, traffic is better than it was before we built all this and that bridge is a big part of that.”
“This isn’t one that we don’t know what the fix is,” Clark County Commissioner Michael Naft said. “We know that when people drive a little bit slower, less people die.”
Eleven pedestrians died in September after being struck by vehicles on valley roadways, making it one of the deadliest months on record for pedestrians.
Police said two people died after being trapped inside a burning car that caught fire from a streetlamp post.
More traffic disruptions are scheduled for Interstate 15 near Tropicana Avenue.
A fatal crash on northbound Interstate 15 after Washington Avenue Sunday was under investigation.
The man exited the car after the crash and ran a short distance before collapsing, police said.
Bus routes, roads and parking lots will be closed or altered during the three-day event.
The coroner’s office says the number of children who have died on Clark County roads has risen in the past two years.
The widening of the 215 Beltway in the south valley and work on Centennial Bowl in the northwest will add to traffic issues.