City Council OKs $11.6M for improvements to Las Vegas neighborhood

By Jamie Munks Las Vegas Review-Journal

September 6, 2017 - 5:16 pm

Updated September 6, 2017 - 10:39 pm

The northwest housing development in Skye Canyon near U.S. Highway 95 on Friday, Sept. 1, 2017, in Las Vegas. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye

Construction workers build the foundation of a house at the northwest housing development in Skye Canyon near U.S. Highway 95 on Friday, Sept. 1, 2017, in Las Vegas. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye

Construction workers build the roof of a house at a new house at the northwest housing development in Skye Canyon near U.S. Highway 95 on Friday, Sept. 1, 2017, in Las Vegas. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye

A construction at the northwest development in Skye Canyon near U.S. Highway 95 is underway on Friday, Sept. 1, 2017, in Las Vegas. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye

A construction at the northwest housing development in Skye Canyon near U.S. Highway 95 is underway on Friday, Sept. 1, 2017, in Las Vegas. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye

The Las Vegas City Council on Wednesday OK’d issuing $11.6 million in local improvement bonds to pay for public improvements in the Skye Canyon master plan development in northwest Las Vegas.

The council also voted to form a special improvement district to issue the bonds and levy special assessments within Skye Canyon that can pay for improvements like sewer, street, drainage and water projects.

The 1,700-acre community is located at the outer stretches of the city, along U.S. 95 near Sky Canyon Park Drive.

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