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Ever since the lanes designated for high-occupancy vehicles were placed on U.S. 95, readers have complained about whether they are needed, wondered whether they help with traffic flow and questioned whether they are even enforced. The Nevada Department of Transportation insists these lanes are effective.
Welcome to the New Year, when resolutions flow as freely as champagne.
As we mentioned before, it’s been a bit of a struggle to get some road construction-related answers from our friends at Clark County. A boatload of questions was shipped over to our Clark County types and, looky here, we got a boatload of answers in return.
You know the guy at the end of the New Year’s Eve party who’s puking in his glittery top hat?
With all the cones and road work signs throughout the valley, it’s tough to believe there are still streets out there that are in awful shape. This week, quite a few residents share concerns about those roads and ask why they aren’t being repaired. Apparently, stimulus funds will save the day.
This is sort of a head scratcher: The idea for a monorail was conceived about a decade ago by the late Bob Broadbent, who once was director of the Clark County Department of Aviation. In that position, it would seem, one might realize the importance of providing public transportation from a super busy airport to a crazy popular tourist destination.
We’ll start today off with one more situation that falls into the “You Can’t Get There From Here” category. Well, you can, but it’s somewhat of a pain.
As Darren Libonati observed cars, buses, limos and cabs maneuvering in and out of the Thomas & Mack Center on Thursday, he recalled the Runnin’ Rebels heyday back in the early 1990s.
We don’t get a lot of questions directed at the city of Henderson and doubt that is because its roads are in tip-top shape, but this week a Henderson couple unleashed a few gripes about that city’s roads and traffic-controlling features. So, let’s start with concerns from Frank and Kathy.
With the economy tanking and experts predicting this will be the flattest sales season in years, the planners behind Centennial Hills apparently have extended a favor to those of us with wallets tighter than Tiger Woods’ lips.
We are all familiar with construction zones across our valley roads, but what many readers want to know this week is when we’re going to see the results. When will our commutes become a little bit easier?
It’s Thanksgiving weekend, so what better time to express gratitude for some transportation projects that have made life a little easier and, well, hurl turkeys at others that seem never-ending.
Perhaps it is because the Thanksgiving weekend is coming up, a busy time of year for McCarran International Airport, but quite a few readers and callers have questions regarding McCarran this week.
Building a new intersection doesn’t seem like that big a deal to people like me, who have no clue about anything involving the word “engineer.”
A 2002 traffic study resulted in the proposal to convert North Fifth Street in North Las Vegas into a super-arterial that will ultimately stretch from Owens Avenue to the Las Vegas Boulevard. This project, combined with the Nevada Department of Transportation’s Lake Mead interchange work at Interstate 15, is causing problems for motorists in the area. But in the end, it is expected to provide a swift and easy corridor similar to Desert Inn Road.
