QUESTION:

SINCE I RIDE A MOTORCYCLE I NOTICE ALL OF THE BAD SPOTS IN THE ROAD. ONE INTERSECTION IS WORSE THEN OTHERS, PECOS AND FLAMINGO. THE LEFT TURN LANE ON S. PECOS IS SO UNEVEN IT IS DANGEROUS TO MOTORCYCLE RIDERS. WHEN WILL THIS INTERSECTION BE RE-PAVED?

ROGER

ANSWER:

I DROVE THE LEFT LANE ON SOUTH PECOS MYSELF, AND YOU’RE RIGHT ROGER, IT NEEDS SOME WORK.

A LOT OF THE PROBLEMS YOU SEE FROM A MOTORCYCLE AREN’T NOTICED FROM A CAR. WHEN YOU’RE ON A MOTORCYCLE YOU FEEL THE UNEVEN GROUND BENEATH YOU, AND THE TURN LANE HAS A RAISED CENTER, KIND OF A HUMP. SO WHEN YOU STOP AND PUT YOUR FOOT ON THE GROUND, IT REALLY THROWS YOU OFF BALANCE.

THE GOOD NEWS, CLARK COUNTY IS ON IT. BECAUSE OF ROGER’S E-MAIL, THEY’RE SENDING A TEAM OUT TO ANALYZE THAT INTERSECTION. DEPENDING ON HOW SERIOUS THEY CONSIDER THE PROBLEM, WILL RESULT IN HOW FAST THE INTERSECTION IS RE-PAVED.

BRIAN LOFTUS