Area briefing

CULTURAL CORRIDOR TRAIL IMPROVEMENTS
TO CAUSE LANE CLOSURES, DETOURS

Improvements to curbs, gutters and sidewalks and the installation of banners have begun along sections of downtown designated for the Cultural Corridor Trail.

Lane closures and pedestrian detours should be expected on Casino Center Boulevard from Stewart Avenue to Bonanza Road, on Bonanza Road from Casino Center Boulevard to Las Vegas Boulevard and on Las Vegas Boulevard from Bonanza Road to Washington Avenue, the city of Las Vegas said.

The closures and detours are expected between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. for the next three months. Work near intersections that requires lane closures will be done between 9 p.m. and 5 a.m., the city said.

The work will include installing sidewalk ramps, banner poles, stamped concrete sidewalk panels and concrete embellishments for 12 city blocks along the urban trail that leads to several cultural institutions.

The contractor is Preferred Contracting Inc. The city Department of Public Works is managing the project. Funding for the $461,544 in improvements is provided by the Bureau of Land Management through the sale of public lands as authorized by the Southern Nevada Public Lands Management Act.

Annual Peacekeepers Kids 5K to aid children of fallen officers

The Southern Nevada Police Athletic League plans to host its second annual Peacekeepers Kids 5K Sunday to benefit children of the department s fallen officers.

In 2009, the department lost four officers in the line of duty, organizers said.

The race is set to start and finish at Police Memorial Park, 3250 Metro Academy Way. Registration ranges from $15 to $40, depending on participants ages and how early they sign up.

The fee includes a commemorative T-shirt and food following the race. Commemorative T-shirts also will be sold at the race for $20.

Visit snpal.com or active.com to register and for information on signing up a team.

Race-day packet pickup is planned for 6-7:15 a.m., with participants set to leave the starting line at 8 a.m. Early pickup for race packets is planned from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday and Friday at the Metropolitan Police Department s Jerry Keller Training Center, 9880 W. Cheyenne Ave.

For more information, call 671-3923 or e-mail m6297l@lvmpd.com.

Police target pedestrian safety, speeding in joint effort

Area law enforcement agencies are out on special patrols to make sure pedestrians are crossing streets safely and legally and motorists are paying attention to pedestrians using crosswalks.

The Metropolitan and Henderson police departments and the Nevada Highway Patrol are participating in the initiative, which started April 18 and is set to last through Monday.

Officers will target intersections with clearly marked crosswalks. Police in plain clothes will use crosswalks looking for motorists who are not yielding to pedestrians. Officers also will be looking for pedestrians who are not using crosswalks and crossing against traffic signals.

Officers also will be using saturation patrols looking for speeders during this enhanced enforcement effort. Speeding was the cause of about 30 percent of all fatal accidents in the United States, according to National Highway Transportation Safety Administration.

Also, from 2000 until 2007, there were 434 pedestrian fatalities statewide, according to the Nevada Department of Public Safety s Office of Traffic Safety.

State grant money will assist in funding the enforcement effort.

For more information, visit cityofhenderson.com/police, lvmpd.com or nhp.nv.gov.

New Traffic signal installed at Bonanza Road and Tonopah Drive

City of Las Vegas crews installed a traffic signal on Bonanza Road and Tonopah Drive, an intersection that sees roughly 22,000 vehicles per day, the city said.

The signal was installed to improve overall traffic operations at the Ward 5 intersection and in particular, for southbound left-turn traffic on Tonopah and crossing pedestrians.

The new signal cost $287,573 and was funded through the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act.