The 42 signs of various sizes were installed with the nearly $1 billion Project Neon, which wrapped up last year, but the signs have been fully operational only since late March.
Forty-two dynamic messaging boards along Interstate 15 and U.S. Highway 95 are finally set to go live. The signs will let drivers know information about crashes, speed limit changes, and lane restrictions.
The Nevada Department of Transportation wants to reconfigure a 4-mile portion of
U.S. 95 between Rancho Drive and Mojave Road at an estimated cost of $1 billion. (Michael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
After a week of paving work snarling traffic along Interstate 15, another round of roadwork will continue the congestion into the weekend. The final Project Neon paving and striping efforts dubbed Pave-A-Palooza will close northbound I-15 between Sahara Avenue and D Street.
Project Neon will shut down the I-15 South from the 95 exit to Sahara, June 7th- June 10th at 5AM.
Project Neon paving beings as traffic piles up due to lane closures on the US-95 South.
The newly completed Project Neon HOV flyover ramp in the Spaghetti Bowl will open to traffic Monday morning, May 20, 2019, along with new HOV lanes on Interstate 15 and new HOV lane regulations on the HOV lanes on I-15 and U.S. Highway 95. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
How to navigate a trio of newly opened Project Neon road features. (Mick Akers/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
How to navigate a trio of newly opened Project Neon raid features. (Mick Akers/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
On Wednesday morning Oct. 31, Interstate 15 northbound lane restrictions were removed opening up Exit 41 to Charleston Blvd. On Thursday Nov. 1, Interstate 15 southbound lane restrictions were removed. The new southbound off-ramp to Sahara Ave. and Highland Dr. also opened Thursday, November 1. With Project Neon 85% finished the flow of traffic on Interstate 15 has substantially diminished. (Michael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Rochelle Richards provides an update on the U.S. 95 and I-15 traffic closures.
Review-Journal reporter Madelyn Reese provides an update on the Project Neon Main Event.
A quarter-mile stretch of Martin Luther King Boulevard was open to walkers Saturday morning ahead of its Labor Day weekend debut. The street redesign is part of a billion-dollar reconstruction project of Interstate 15 from Sahara Avenue to the Spaghetti Bowl. (Jessie Bekker/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
1. A shooting on the Las Vegas Strip led to a temporary shutdown of Las Vegas Boulevard overnight. Police say a group of men got into an argument in front of Planet Hollywood Resort and when they were crossing the street toward Bellagio, a man fired one shot. No one was injured and the man was arrested.
2. Las Vegas driving will look different in a few years time. The Nevada Department of Transportation says it plans on creating carpool lanes along Interstate 15 and digital signage around the Spaghetti Bowl will be installed beginning in October. Eventually, the express lane along Interstate 15 will become a general travel lane and a carpool lane will be added.
3. A growth spurt has helped Mesquite become what some call a “Little Vegas”. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Mesquite grew nearly 15 percent between 2011 and 2016. Residents are hopeful the growth in the city will lead to more businesses opening and an influx of jobs.