![]() ![]() Southbound I-15 will remain closed at Flamingo Road while Nevada State Police conduct their investigation, and the closure is expected to stay in place for several hours.ĭrivers are advised to find alternate routes and prepare for extensive delays on south I-15. Police also do not suspect impairment in any drivers at this time. Trooper Wellman says all vehicles involved stayed on the scene and are cooperating. ![]() ![]() The collision was reported around 3:10 a.m. Trooper Wellman could not say why the pedestrian was on the highway. One person is dead after being struck by a vehicle on a Las Vegas freeway Tuesday morning, according to authorities. Preliminary investigation revealed a male pedestrian was in the far left lane of southbound I-15, where he was struck by a black vehicle and redirected into the center travel lane, where he was struck two more times. ![]() Trooper Ashlee Wellman, a public information officer for the Nevada State Police, said the pedestrian wandered onto the highway and was "struck by multiple vehicles." Velotta at or 70.LAS VEGAS (KTNV) - All southbound lanes of I-15 at Flamingo are closed after a pedestrian was involved in a deadly crash on Tuesday morning. Of the $40 million to $52 million construction cost, $35 million will come from fuel revenue indexing, the special 3-year fuel tax approved by the Legislature and the Clark County Commission that has funded more than 200 projects since its enactment last year.Ĭontact Richard N. The biggest concerns expressed by residents Thursday was about how the exit would increase the level of vehicle emissions in the area. When it comes time for workers to build the I-15 overpass of Starr, I-15 traffic will be detoured to the freeway exits and entrances which will be built first. The four-lane northbound I-15 exit will have two left-turn and two right-turn exit bays onto Starr while the three-lane southbound exit will have a single right-turn lane, a left-turn lane and a center lane that will provide left turn or straight-ahead options. Starr will be four lanes with landscaped medians and bike lanes. The project includes the completion Starr Avenue between Las Vegas Boulevard to the east and Dean Martin Drive to the west the construction of the I-15 bridge over Starr sidewalks, crosswalks, bicycle lanes, lighting and traffic signals landscaping, aesthetics and drainage improvements and southbound and northbound exits and entrances to and from the freeway.Ī sound wall also will be built along the west side of the project to block freeway noise. One traffic accident, and the whole thing is shot. as well as San Diego) travels down the 15, with traffic to L.A. Youll want to get to the sea breeze-washed refuge of San Diego as soon as you can. The 18-month construction timeline would mean completion is likely by late 2018 or early 2019. The desert heats up real quick-like in the summer and the drive is long and hot. Ryan Wheeler, the Starr interchange project manager, told about 50 people attending the meeting that the design is about 60 percent complete, meaning that the project will likely go to bid in early 2017 with construction beginning by spring. Department engineers agreed to take another look at the design to see if they could develop the interchange as an underpass beneath I-15 instead so that traffic noise could be reduced.Īs a result, the plan that was rolled out in a meeting Thursday at Steve Schorr Elementary School incorporated the new design as an underpass. When the project was resurrected and shown in a public meeting in 2010, some residents were concerned that Starr Avenue was going to be an overpass over the six-lane freeway. KSNV NBC Las Vegas covers news, sports, weather and traffic for the Las Vegas, Nevada area including Paradise, Spring Valley, Henderson, North Las Vegas, Indian Springs, Sloan, Searchlight. The Department of Transportation conducted environmental studies for a Starr Avenue interchange in 2008, but the project got lost in post-recession financial problems. The project is a part of the I-15 South Corridor that extends from Tropicana Avenue to Sloan on Southern Nevada’s primary route to Southern California.Īs southwestern Las Vegas continues to develop, the need for better access off I-15 has grown. The basic diamond freeway interchange is a mile south of the Cactus Avenue exit that opened in late August 2014. The new Starr Avenue interchange will provide new access to residents of Southern Highlands and neighborhoods east of Las Vegas Boulevard. Mid-week, at mid-day, we noticed on the way up that the way back towards California was stacking up on the road. This time, it looks as if the current design is a go and construction will begin on the 18-month, $40 million to $52 million project by late spring 2017. We recently went on a trip to Utah, via the 1-15. The last time citizens gathered to talk with Nevada Department of Transportation officials about the planned Starr Avenue interchange on Interstate 15 they got a major design change. A rendering of the I-15 Starr Avenue Interchange looking north. ![]()
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