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Intersection work was delayed

This week readers want to know when the construction at Fort Apache Road and Sahara Avenue is going to wrap up and when the Warm Springs Road overpass at Interstate 15 is going to be redone. Also, the Road Warrior passes on some advice for commuters displaced by the I-15 North project and settles a bet worth a free car wash.

It’s so easy for public servants to get carried away going to conferences

No matter how worthwhile the conference, the suspicious in our midst always view travel by legislators as a boondoggle. Maybe it’s travel envy, knowing the taxpayer pays for their good times in good places, usually in high-end hotels. And July and August are wonderful months for Las Vegans to get out of town.

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Interchange opening moved up to 2010

This week readers want to know when the new Las Vegas Beltway interchange with Lake Mead Boulevard is going to open, are sound walls going to be erected on both sides of the Beltway at Desert Inn Road, and what exactly do “when children are present” school signs mean? And we learn about a personalized licence plate that will save one valley driver from being pulled over by police if O.J. Simpson makes a break for it during his upcoming trial.

Double-barrel turns simplified

This week readers want to know what the rules are for two lanes of traffic making left turns onto a three-lane road, why the road at Martin Luther King Boulevard and Bonanza Road is being dug up, and why school zone signs are flashing near Jones Boulevard and Washington Avenue even though school’s out for the summer. Plus, a reader offers a special hit ‘n’ run about the oil organization we all love to hate, especially this year.

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