Bollards installed at Welcome to Las Vegas sign
New bollards were welcomed Wednesday at the Welcome to Las Vegas sign on the Las Vegas Strip.
The installation is part of about 4,000 barriers to protect pedestrians along more than 4 miles of the Strip, according to Clark County spokesman Dan Kulin.
The Hawaiian Marketplace and Bellagio fountains were among the first locations to have bollards installed in late 2017. About 1,000 were added last year, and 2,000 should be in place by the end of this year.
The 4-foot-tall posts are barriers connected underground so they are strong enough to stop a flatbed truck traveling 55 mph, Clark County officials have said in the past.
Initial discussions about bollard installations started after a December 2015 incident when a driver plowed into pedestrians on the sidewalk in front of Paris Las Vegas and Planet Hollywood Resort.
Lakeisha Holloway, 28, is scheduled to go to trial March 30, 2020.
The urgency increased after similar incidents happened in Barcelona, Spain, and Charlottesville, Virginia, in August 2017.
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