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What to watch out for on valley roads this week

Road work ahead

■ California Avenue will be closed from Casino Center Boulevard to Main Street for water and sewer line installations through today [Monday for Web].

■ Lanes of Decatur Boulevard will be disrupted for pavement reconstruction between Craig and Lone Mountain roads through today [Monday for Web].

■ Lanes of Canyon Run Drive will be disrupted for landscaping between Town Center Drive and Rampart Boulevard through Friday.

■ Lanes of Far Hills Drive will be disrupted for landscaping between Anasazi Drive and the 215 Beltway through Friday.

■ Lanes of Rampart Boulevard will be disrupted for landscaping between Summerlin Parkway and Lake Mead Boulevard through Friday.

■ Lanes of Vegas Drive will be disrupted for cable replacements and vault upgrades between Simmons Street and Tamarack Avenue through Friday.

■ Lanes of Oakey Boulevard will be disrupted for road paving between Rainbow and Valley View boulevards through Saturday.

■ Transit Route 109, the Maryland Parkway route, will be detoured because of road construction through Saturday. Stops on George Crockett Road will not be served. Alternative stops are available on Routes 117 (Las Vegas Boulevard South and Silverado Ranch Road) and 217 (Warm Springs Road and downtown Henderson).

■ Traffic will be shifted from the middle to the outside lanes of Glen Avenue at Dalhart Avenue for sewer line construction. No parking will be allowed on the streets through May 2. Work is scheduled Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.

■ Lanes will be reduced at all hours on northbound U.S. Highway 95 through May 3 between Eastern Avenue and the Spaghetti Bowl for concrete patch repairs on bridges. In addition, the Las Vegas Boulevard onramp to U.S. 95 will be closed at the same time.

■ Garces Avenue will be closed at Main Street for a variety of street improvements through May 6.

■ The left southbound lane of McLeod Drive between East Desert Inn Road and Palora Avenue will be closed through May 6 for exploratory geotechnical boring by the Clark County Water Reclamation District.

■ High-mast lighting improvements are planned along the center median of Interstate 15 between Russell Road and Sahara Avenue between 9 p.m. and 5 a.m., through May 8. One northbound lane will be closed each night along the four-mile stretch.

■ The eastbound and westbound left lanes of Charleston Boulevard will be restricted for a sewer line construction project at 28th Street through May 13. A bypass away from the work zone also is planned on the northbound and southbound lanes of 28th Street.

■ Ford Avenue will be closed between Gilespie Street and Las Vegas Boulevard through May 15 for a sewer line construction project. Work will be conducted Monday through Friday, 6:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., but restrictions will be in place even when work is not underway. Property access will be maintained when possible.

■ Lane restrictions are planned on Oakey Boulevard between Rainbow and Valley View boulevards for repaving, median and traffic signal modifications and the installation of new traffic delineation. Vehicle lanes will be reconfigured with bicycle lanes. Traffic will be restricted to one lane in each direction from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., Mondays through Fridays through May 21. Officials recommend Charleston Boulevard as an alternate route.

■ Bridge repairs are planned on U.S. Highway 95 between Las Vegas Boulevard and Main Street through June 15. Work is scheduled from 7 p.m., to 5 a.m., Sunday through Friday, through Saturday with day and night work from Sunday through June 15 with the exception of the Memorial Day weekend. Restrictions will be in place on the northbound freeway with alternating northbound on-ramp closures at Las Vegas Boulevard and Casino Center Drive.

■ Lanes of Durango Drive will be disrupted for a gas line replacement between Desert Inn Road and Vegas Drive through June 30.

■ Sunset Road in Henderson will have periodic lane shifts and restrictions between Mountain Vista Street and Annie Oakley Drive through mid-July for major resurfacing improvements. Work will include widened bike lanes in each direction, signal improvements at Sunset and Athenian Drive and upgrades to existing sidewalk ramps and driveways. Most work will occur daily from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m.

■ Lanes of Grand Teton Drive will be disrupted for median island maintenance between Durango and Buffalo drives through July 16.

■ Lanes of Elkhorn Road will be disrupted for a slurry seal between Decatur and Jones boulevards through Aug. 7.

■ The ramp connecting Sunset Road to the southbound Airport Connector is closed through fall 2016. Traffic lanes and shoulders will be restricted on the Airport Connector between Interstate 215 and the airport tunnel through mid-2016 for the construction of a flyover lane from the southbound connector to eastbound I-215.

■ Work will continue through the summer on a 13-mile paving project on Interstate 15 north of Mesquite. The project will run from the Nevada state line to the Virgin River Gorge and include improvements to the Littlefield bridge at Milepost 8. Work will occur Mondays through Fridays, 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. Work will begin on southbound lanes at the Littlefield exit.

■ Work is continuing through September on the installation of storm drains and relocating sewer lines, water lines and manhole covers, landscape removal and repairs and paving on Decatur Boulevard between Charleston Boulevard and Sahara Avenue. Sewer pipelines and manholes also will be rehabilitated on Oakey Boulevard between Rainbow and Martin L. King boulevards.

■ Work on the Regional Transportation Commission’s Flamingo Road Corridor Improvement Project will continue on the west side of Flamingo Road from Rainbow Boulevard to Hotel Rio Drive through fall.

■ Lanes of Main Street will be disrupted for general street improvements between Bonneville Avenue and Las Vegas Boulevard through Dec. 1.

■ Traffic will be disrupted for projects on Racetrack Road and the area around Heritage Park in Henderson through December. Racetrack will be resurfaced from Boulder Highway to Athens Avenue, expanded to four lanes from Boulder Highway to Burkholder Boulevard and Burkholder to Athens, adding bicycle lanes, installing a traffic signal at Blue Lantern Lane and a traffic roundabout at Newport Drive as well as a vehicular bridge over a flood channel on Newport.

■ A road widening project will delay traffic on Volunteer Boulevard from Executive Airport Drive to Las Vegas Boulevard and Executive Airport Drive will be repaved from Volunteer to St. Rose Parkway.The project will run through February.

Gasoline prices

The average gasoline price Friday in the Las Vegas Valley was $2.43 per gallon. It was $2.45 in Nevada. The national average of $2.14 is up 2 cents from a week ago, up 15 cents from a month ago and down 35 cents from a year ago.

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