Las Vegas city officials are trying to fix a safety problem on Summerlin Parkway by installing a system of heavy, high-tension steel cables that will line both sides of the median. But plans to widen the heavily traveled road are in limbo.
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You can’t miss the $47 million Centennial Bowl project, with the numerous daily detours, small army of construction workers and towering cranes.
Hailing a taxi isn’t so hard for tourists hopping around casinos on the Strip. But what do residents go through when they need to catch a cab to the airport, grocery stores or work? The Nevada Taxicab Authority wants to know.
Road congestion is a given in a growing metropolis such as Las Vegas. But let’s say you didn’t have to drive around town. What would be your preferred mode of transportation?
The Road Warrior is no fan of bare feet. Whether it’s sneakers, flip-flops or dressy shoes, something has to cover those tired dogs — particularly in public. I understand the security reasons, but removing my shoes at the airport was always an unappealing hassle.
Since starting this gig last month, Road Warrior has heard too many readers and co-workers cracking jokes that Nevada’s state flower is the orange traffic cone.
Being hot can get you places a little faster in Henderson. A thermal imaging system, recently installed at four intersections, can control traffic signals by detecting heat emitted from vehicles, pedestrians and bicyclists waiting for a green light.
For locals, the real jamming begins when the big party ends. Traffic jams, that is.
After going through details of MGM Resorts International’s $90 million parking strategy, which starts to take effect next week, readers responded immediately — with more questions.
Earlier this month, MGM Resorts International fired the shot heard ’round the valley — the long-awaited details of the company’s $90 million parking strategy that begins June 6.
Between now and November the traffic impact is going to be minimal. Come November, it’s going to get really icky for commuters who take the big flyover route from northbound Interstate 15 to northbound U.S. Highway 95. That’s because the two-lane flyover bridge is going to be closed betweenNovember and January.
Rarely are governments criticized for moving too quickly on a transportation project. But that seems to be the case with Clark County’s effort to build an elevated expressway along portions of Koval Lane, Tropicana Avenue, Swenson Street and Paradise Road near McCarran International Airport.
One of the biggest complaints about roadwork in Southern Nevada is that crews tend to fix a street, then months later, tear it up again for a different project.
Road closures and disruptions from around the valley
Commuters who use Oakey Boulevard between Valley View and Rainbow boulevards are more than a little flummoxed by the new orange cone zone that has bloomed like our many oleanders.