A project that’s been going on since 2023 to widen one of the most-used roads in the Las Vegas Valley is heading down the final stretch.
Mick Akers

Mick joined the Las Vegas Review-Journal in November 2018 and covers sports business and transportation. He previously worked at the Las Vegas Sun covering a variety of beats including transportation, business, gaming, and city and county government. Prior to that, he worked at the Pahrump Valley Times, where he was named the Nevada Press Association’s Outstanding Journalist in the intermediate category for his coverage of the Lamar Odom brothel overdose situation, rural healthcare and more. Mick was born in Texas but grew up in Las Vegas, attending UNLV’s Hank Greenspun School of Journalism and Media Studies where he was a member of the Kappa Tau Alpha National Journalism Society.
A portion of U.S. Highway 93 in Arizona is being widening are part of a long-term project on the road linking Las Vegas and Phoenix.
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A ProPublica article, which ran in the Review-Journal this month, noted various times Boring Co. has been cited by regulators for workplace issues tied to the Vegas Loop project, noting the project was hardly being regulated by area and federal officials.
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Significant air and road traffic impacts are likely in Southern Nevada as President Donald Trump visits the valley.
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Brightline West is looking to raise $2.5 billion through a bond offering for its planned $12.4 billion Las Vegas to Southern California high-speed rail line.
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