Parkway expected to be done by June

This week readers want to know what is happening to the Summerlin Parkway, if the 10 percent ethanol added to gasoline hurts automobiles and whether a trailer can be parked on a city-owned street despite home owners' association rules.

Sandy writes: What are they doing on the Summerlin Parkway, and for how long?

As former Road Warrior Omar Sofradzija would advise: "Do not take the Summerlin Parkway."

At least through the end of the month.

I've written about this several times, but I don't think it will hurt to revisit it, since it is affecting a lot of folks. The $2 million Summerlin Parkway improvement project is expected to be finished by June 1, with no work scheduled for Memorial Day weekend.

Crews with Southern Nevada Paving, the winning bidder on the project, will repave the freeway and add a third westbound lane from U.S. Highway 95 to Buffalo Drive.

Here is a guide to the upcoming work (feel free to cut it out and tape it to your dashboard):

• From 8 p.m. today to 8 p.m. Thursday, eastbound Summerlin Parkway will be reduced to one lane from east of Town Center to Buffalo. The eastbound Rampart and Durango onramps will be closed. The Durango onramp will be open to traffic from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. and will be reopened by 4 p.m.

• From 8 p.m. Tuesday to 8 p.m. May 28, westbound Summerlin Parkway will be reduced to one lane from Buffalo to Town Center.

• From 8 p.m. May 28 to 8 p.m. May 29, Summerlin Parkway will narrow to one travel lane in both directions from the Beltway to Town Center.

• From 8 p.m. May 29 to 8 p.m. May 30, eastbound Summerlin Parkway will be reduced to one lane from west of Town Center to Durango.

• From 8 p.m. May 30 to 8 p.m. May 31, eastbound Summerlin Parkway will be reduced to one lane from Rampart to Buffalo.

• From 6 a.m. May 31 to 8 p.m. June 1, westbound Summerlin Parkway will narrow to one lane in each direction from U.S. 95 to Buffalo, and the Buffalo offramp will be closed.

Barbara Gryder asks: When I filled my tank up at a local Sinclair fuel station I noticed a new sticker on all the pumps stating that there was up to 10 percent ethanol in the gasoline. How much damage will 10 percent ethanol do to my vehicle?

No harm will be done to your vehicle, according to the experts.

The federal Energy Information Administration says all vehicles that use gasoline can use a mix of 10 percent ethanol and 90 percent gasoline.

Mixing 10 percent ethanol with gasoline has been growing in popularity. Ethanol is believed to increase the octane level in gasoline and some states insist that it be added to gasoline to help meet clean air standards, according to the EIA.

Chris Bock writes: What is the law on parking registered boat/RV trailers on city streets in Henderson? My home owners' association does not allow it, but the community is not gated and the streets are city owned, not private. Do I have any right to do so?

Keith Paul, spokesman for Henderson police, said officers follow Nevada Revised Statute 484.418 when it comes to issues like this.

That is a parking statute, which states: "No person may park a vehicle upon any highway for the principal purpose of: Storage, or as junkage or dead storage, for more than 72 hours."

So are police going around hunting for vehicles parked in the same place for 72 hours? In my experience, probably not. It's when neighbors start to complain that police are going to get involved.

It should be noted that if the street is city owned the HOA's rules don't have much power, though they can also complain to the police if the trailer is parked on the street for months on end.

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