Las Vegas Boulevard & The I-215 Is Driving Shoppers Crazy!
Teresa’s Traffic Issue:
Teresa wrote in and says exiting at Las Vegas Boulevard from the I-215 Freeway going east- is drives both her and her husband crazy! Teresa writes: “There are three lanes… one lane turns left, one lane goes forward and one lane goes right. The left turn lane is the lane that gets backed up. After all of the money spent building Town Square, it would be nice if you could get to it without a twenty minute wait and four stop light rotations! Why don’t they make the forward lane turn right, since it seems no one goes straight anyway?”
Melissa’s Answer:
I asked the County about this backed up intersection! Authorities said because of its current design and the way it was built, there isn’t enough room to allow dual left turns at the same time. Now for the good news! A construction project that is expected to start by the end of the year will do some work improvements on Las Vegas Boulevard that will create the space to allow two left turns going northbound on the strip, towards the Town Square overpass. When construction starts, this will make for one really busy area… and not to mention many frustrated shoppers! But in the long run… it will be good for everyone!
Categories: construction, traffic
June 4th, 2009 at 8:34 am
I agree that intersection is a nightmare. I’ve taken to exiting at Blue Diamond and just driving up the Boulevard, It ads a few miles to the trip but is worth it in the time savings.
Just remember the boulevard drops from 3 lanes down to 2 rather unexpectedly right next to the Tahiti Village and can be a headache.
While I’m complaining, exiting the Town Square is a total mess too I’ve taken to driving all the way around the mall to catch the light at Sunset before heading south on LV BLVD.
June 5th, 2009 at 4:42 pm
Here’s an idea: take the 215 to I-15 and then get off on Russell Road. It’s a short drive from that exit to Las Vegas Boulevard, and from there you’re taking the back way into Town Square.
You can’t get rid of the straight-thru lane exiting the freeway at Las Vegas Boulevard near Town Square because that’s a primary route to the airport’s car rental center. Thousands of tourists take that route each month when returning cars they’ve rented.
June 10th, 2009 at 8:49 pm
I can only laugh. This was JUST built.
good planning right there