County takes 1st step to install bollards on Las Vegas Strip
By Michael Scott Davidson Las Vegas Review-Journal
A pedestrian walks past the Strip bollards project site Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017, in front of the Mirage hotel-casino. The steel bollards project will be completed without impacting pedestrian or vehicle traffic on the boulevard. Bizuayehu Tesfaye Las Vegas Review-Journal @bizutesfaye
Construction workers check for utility lines near the Mirage as plans to install about 700 bollards on the Strip began on Oct. 17, 2017. (Max Michor/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Pedestrians walk past the Strip bollards project site Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017, in front of the Mirage hotel-casino. The steel bollards project will be completed without impacting pedestrian or vehicle traffic on the boulevard. Bizuayehu Tesfaye Las Vegas Review-Journal @bizutesfaye
A pedestrian walks past the Strip bollards project site Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017, in front of the Mirage hotel-casino. The steel bollards project will be completed without impacting pedestrian or vehicle traffic on the boulevard. Bizuayehu Tesfaye Las Vegas Review-Journal @bizutesfaye
Project workers at the Strip bollards project site Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017, in front of the Mirage hotel-casino. The steel bollards project will be completed without impacting pedestrian or vehicle traffic on the boulevard. Bizuayehu Tesfaye Las Vegas Review-Journal @bizutesfaye
Project workers dig under the sidewalk at the Strip bollards project site, to locate underground utilities, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017, in front of the Mirage hotel-casino. The steel bollards project will be completed without impacting pedestrian or vehicle traffic on the boulevard. Bizuayehu Tesfaye Las Vegas Review-Journal @bizutesfaye
Project workers dig under the sidewalk at the Strip bollards project site, to locate underground utilities, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017, in front of the Mirage hotel-casino. The steel bollards project will be completed without impacting pedestrian or vehicle traffic on the boulevard. Bizuayehu Tesfaye Las Vegas Review-Journal @bizutesfaye
Project workers dig under the sidewalk at the Strip bollards project site, to locate underground utilities, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017, in front of the Mirage hotel-casino. The steel bollards project will be completed without impacting pedestrian or vehicle traffic on the boulevard. Bizuayehu Tesfaye Las Vegas Review-Journal @bizutesfaye
A project worker sweeps the sidewalk at the Strip bollards project site Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017, in front of the Mirage hotel-casino. The steel bollards project will be completed without impacting pedestrian or vehicle traffic on the boulevard. Bizuayehu Tesfaye Las Vegas Review-Journal @bizutesfaye
Project workers dig under the sidewalk at the Strip bollards project site, to locate underground utilities, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017, in front of the Mirage hotel-casino. The steel bollards project will be completed without impacting pedestrian or vehicle traffic on the boulevard. Bizuayehu Tesfaye Las Vegas Review-Journal @bizutesfaye
Pedestrians walk past safety bollards at the Fremont Street Experience in downtown Las Vegas on Thursday, June 8, 2017. Clark County commissioners are taking bids for the installation of hundreds of steel posts between the street and sidewalks along the Las Vegas Strip. Richard Brian Las Vegas Review-Journal @vegasphotograph
Construction workers check for utility lines near the Mirage as plans to install about 700 bollards on the Strip began on Oct. 17, 2017. (Max Michor/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Construction workers check for utility lines near the Mirage as plans to install about 700 bollards on the Strip began on Oct. 17, 2017. (Max Michor/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Workers dug under the sidewalk in front of the Mirage to locate existing underground utilities. The work was expected to take up to eight hours and be finished Tuesday.
County spokesman Dan Kulin said the impact on traffic “will be minimal.”
The traffic lane closest to the curb was closed, as well as portions of the sidewalk.
County staff has said the steel posts, known as bollards, are strong enough to stop a flatbed truck traveling 55 mph.
By the end of October the county should begin installing the bollards near the Hawaiian Marketplace on the east side of Las Vegas Boulevard South.
Work will continue at various locations along the Strip on weekdays from 1 to 11 a.m. The project should be completed before New Year’s Eve, Kulin said.
