This week readers want an update on the construction on Blue Diamond Road; will the connection between Decatur and Silverado Ranch boulevards ever be made; and are there any plans to make the message signs on Interstate 15 accessible on mobile phones?
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It was a scary couple of days for transportation officials across the nation.
This week readers want to know what is up with all that construction on Elkhorn Road west of Jones Boulevard; whether Henderson officials are ever going to turn on the traffic light near Coronado High School; and whether we are all supposed to get new identification cards from the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles.
Wally Grogitsky was helping a client when he noticed the nine missed calls on his cell phone.
This week readers want to know whether there are any plans to redo the roads outside the Eastside Cannery now that there’s all that traffic out there, are there any plans to widen Grand Canyon Drive, and when will the construction on the bridges on the Las Vegas Beltway, near south Decatur Boulevard, be finished? And the Road Warrior answers a bonus fourth question about the state of the Beltway at Far Hills Avenue.
Are you taking the family on a road trip to Wally World this Labor Day weekend?
This week readers want to know why Clark County uses the phrase “freeway ends” on the Las Vegas Beltway, are there any plans to fix Eastern Avenue near Pebble Road and whether drivers should get out of the way if they see someone is speeding up from behind. Also, we learn what the word headbanger really means.
I can tell you there is nothing futuristic about vehicles that run on hydrogen, because I drove one just the other day.
This week readers want to know whether construction crews need a permit to bring all traffic to a halt while they enter and exit a job site, are there plans to put a sign on southbound Interstate 15 identifying the exit for St. Rose Parkway, and is there a law regarding people handing out religious information in the middle of the street. Also the Road Warrior learns he sometimes needs to use an Elmer Fudd accent to understand a personalized plate.
I was driving to Robert Hall’s home this week, and I couldn’t help but wonder if the trip would be faster if the Las Vegas Beltway’s interchange with Lake Mead Boulevard was opened.
This week readers want to know why Bonanza Road, between F and H streets, is closed, how can a vindictive reader complain about a neighbor who lives in Nevada but drives a car with California plates, and are they ever going to open up Russell Road near Durango Drive. And a Hit n’ Run that looks sweet but is spelled strangely.
Visit the Nevada Department of Transportation’s Web site and you’ll learn that 188 people have died on our state’s highways and byways this year.
This week readers want to know when the work on Eastern Avenue, from Viking Road to Rochelle Avenue, will be finished, what is going on at Decatur Boulevard at Pebble Road and whether there will be lighting on the Las Vegas Beltway from Flamingo Road to Cheyenne Avenue. And the Road Warrior answers a bonus fourth because that’s how the Road Warrior rolls.
Even as gasoline prices finally start to recede, I’m betting a number of valley drivers still are ready to dump their fuel-guzzling SUVs and pickups.
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.