Road work ahead
Geotechnical exploratory drilling along the east and west sides of Interstate 15 between Sahara Avenue and U.S. Highway 95 at Martin Luther King Boulevard is scheduled during the daylight hours through Jan. 15 for the Project Neon Spaghetti Bowl project. Moving lane restrictions are planned, and there will be some temporary noise and vibration disruptions.
Lane restrictions are planned through Dec. 18 for field survey work in various locations on a major water reclamation project. Lane restrictions are planned on the westbound center lane of Windmill Lane at Rainbow Boulevard; the westbound left lane and two-way left turn lane on Windmill between Seven Valley Street and Torrey Pines Drive; the westbound left lane and two-way left turn lane on Windmill between Torrey Pines and El Camino Road; the westbound left lane of Windmill at Jones Boulevard; the central portion of the westbound left lane of Windmill at Decatur Boulevard; the westbound right lane of Windmill at Cameron Street; two-way left turn lane on Windmill at Arville Street; the northbound right lane of Windmill between Arville and Blue Diamond Road; the edge of northbound Blue Diamond at Arville; the edge of eastbound Wigwam Avenue from Arville to Hinson Street; and the edge of eastbound Wigwam from Hinson to Valley View Boulevard. Work is planned 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays.
Work on the Regional Transportation Commission’s Flamingo Road Corridor Improvement Project will move to between Eastern Avenue and Jimmy Durante Boulevard through the end of December. Daytime and overnight construction are scheduled. Construction will continue on the west side of Flamingo from Rainbow Boulevard to Hotel Rio Drive through fall. Work will not take place on Christmas Day or New Year’s Day.
The west side of Mountain Vista Street will be closed between Casa Sencia Street and Margarete Avenue. North- and southbound traffic will be maintained. Access to and from Casa Sencia and Margarete will be detoured to Viking Road through Monday on the sewer-line project that will be conducted 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Maple Avenue between Palm and Taggart streets and Taggart between Maple and Cedar Street will be closed with detours in effect through Saturday. Resident traffic will be allowed during the sewer construction project. Work will be conducted 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Lane shifts have occurred along the northern 215 Beltway between North Fifth Street and Aliante Parkway for the construction of permanent roadway, a concrete barrier and streetlights. Speed limits have been reduced to 45 mph and the shift will be in effect through mid-December.
The intersection of Wigwam Avenue and Bermuda Road will be closed and north- and southbound traffic on Bermuda restricted to one lane in each direction for a sewer-line project scheduled through Dec. 18. Wigwam traffic will be detoured to Fairfield Avenue. In the second phase of the project, Wigwam and Fairfield will be closed and traffic will be detoured to Bermuda.
Interstate 15 traffic has been shifted to southbound lanes at Milepost 16 in the Virgin River Gorge in Arizona for the demolition of a bridge that is being replaced. There will be a single lane of traffic in each direction of I-15, but state officials say motorists should expect traffic delays of up to 15 minutes through December.
Main Street traffic has been shifted to the west side of the roadway to the new pavement on the east side of the street to allow workers to begin sidewalk removal between Bridger and Bonneville avenues. Work will continue between Bonneville and the U.S. Highway 95 overpass through the end of 2015.
Lane restrictions are planned in both directions of West Charleston Boulevard between Montclair Street and Decatur Boulevard 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. Mondays through Thursdays. Access to businesses may be temporarily altered and travel lanes reduced through the construction zone. Left-turn lanes at the intersection of Charleston and Decatur will be reduced to single lanes. Montclair will remain open, but there will be no access to or from westbound Charleston. Montclair will be restricted to right turns only onto Charleston and motorists turning from Montclair onto eastbound Charleston will only be able to turn right at Decatur. The project is scheduled to be completed in late December. Gasoline prices The average gasoline price Friday in the Las Vegas Valley was $2.57 per gallon. It was $2.53 in Nevada. The national average of $2.04 is down 6 cents from a week ago, down 16 cents from a month ago and down 75 cents from a year ago.