Las Vegas is projected to be a top destination for Thanksgiving travelers so traffic in and around Southern Nevada will be stuffed like a turkey this week.
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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.”
The stretch of road is probably the smoothest in the Las Vegas Valley, with the circuit seeing two rounds of paving operations over the course of several months to get the track up to race code.
Police said the crash happened around 5:30 p.m. Saturday night and may have involved multiple vehicles.
A woman died Wednesday after being struck by a car while crossing the street outside of a marked crosswalk.
A pedestrian died after being hit by a car in Las Vegas Saturday afternoon, according to police.
The Nevada Highway Patrol is seeking the public’s help in finding more information on a deadly crash that happened Tuesday.
Police are investigating the collision, in which Brianna Roberson was hit by an unidentified vehicle while trying to cross Boulder Highway.
The first of three closed main roads reopened to the public for the first time since the remnants of Tropical Storm Hilary left a swath of destruction on the mountain.
The crash occurred around 11:05 a.m. near Blue Diamond Road and Arroyo Road, according to NHP.
Two people were hospitalized after the 5:30 p.m. crash Wednesday.
“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.
Two people died last month on Lake Mead Boulevard after a woman collided with a man on the two-lane road.
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