I covered a “What’s Driving You Crazy” question today that has everyone talking!  Someone asked me when the new Lake Mead & 215 interchange is going to open.  Well, I found out, it will be done in about 2 weeks…. but, it won’t open. 

There is a verbal agreement between Public Works, the County Commissioners, the city of Las Vegas, and Sun City residents.   The county says it was agreed that the interchange would stay closed until the Summerlin Parkway interchange opens in 2010.  Sun City residents were very vocal about this.  This was decided about 10 years ago during public meetings about this project.

Unless the county hears otherwise, the interchange will sit there…. finished… for two years.

Click here to view a story by our neighborhood guide reporter.

What do you think?

I’m sure there are two sides here.  I am curious to hear both sides! 

The I-15 widening project is going to make those surface streets very busy, so the agency that controls the valley’s traffic signals is planning a massive effort to try to speed the flow.

Planners say the traffic diverted from I-15 is expected to flow into areas well beyond the actual construction zone. So managers at the valley’s traffic light network — called Fast — have a plan to adjust light timings to try to speed things along on the surface streets.

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What do you think about how Las Vegas traffic lights are timed? Add your comments.

Hoover Dam Bypass 3

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Hoover Dam Bypass 

Hey Everyone, check out these pictures I took of the Hoover Dam Bridge under construction.  I took them on July 6th.  It’s really coming along and amazing to see.  This is going to be SO helpful to drivers that want to cross to or from Arizona. 

You may remember when the wind blew so strong, it knocked one of the construction cranes over.  That delayed the project, but now it’s full steam ahead. 

This is going to have a major affect on traffic here.  The current path is one way in each direction once you get close the Dam and it just is not enough to handle the traffic.   You mix visitors with tourists wanting to actually pull over and see this magnificent Dam and it’s just too much. 

You look up at that bridge though, and wonder, how will they build the crossover piece!  Each side is done, but the center is missing.  We all know, it’s coming, and I can’t wait to watch it happen!

California is now hands free!  The new law took place July 1st.   And YES, it applies to you too once you enter the state of California.   Nevada does not have this law yet.

I moved here from Upstate New York and I lived there when the cell phone law was implemented years ago.  It all seemed crazy at first, but let me tell you, it is much safer.  And don’t think for a second that police won’t pull you over if they see you holding that phone to your ear.  I have a long list of friends who have been fined for doing so.  

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