Road work ahead

Downtown

■ Washington Avenue is restricted between Rainbow and Decatur boulevards from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays through next week. Crews are laying new pavement and adding medians.

■ Main Street is restricted between Fremont Street and Ogden Avenue through

Dec. 20. Crews are demolishing a building.

■ Ninth Street is closed between Carson Main streets through Dec. 31. Crews are installing water and sewer lines.

■ U.S. Highway 95 is restricted between Rancho Road and just east of Interstate 15 through January 2018. Crews are building a new flyover ramp for high-occupancy vehicles as part of Project Neon.

■ The Martin Luther King Boulevard onramp to northbound Interstate 15 is closed through January 2018. Crews are building a carpool ramp.

■ The ramp connecting southbound U.S. Highway 95 to northbound Interstate 15 is closed through January 2018. Crews are building a carpool ramp.

■ Main Street is restricted between Bonneville Avenue and Las Vegas Boulevard through May 2018. Crews are working on a storm drain.

■ Sections of Bonneville Avenue, Charleston Boulevard, Grand Central Parkway and Martin Luther King Boulevard will have closed or disrupted lanes surrounding the Spaghetti Bowl as crews work on Project Neon through July 2018.

Northwest

■ Grand Teton Drive is restricted between El Capitan Way and Buffalo Drive from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays through early January. Crews are making road improvements. Henderson

■ Wigwam Parkway will be intermittently closed in both directions at Gibson Road through the end of December. Crews are installing a new traffic signal and making sidewalk improvements.

■ Center Street is restricted between Burkholder Boulevard and Lake Mead Parkway through June 2018. Crews are making various road improvements.

North Las Vegas

■ Nellis Boulevard is restricted between Cheyenne Avenue and Las Vegas

Boulevard from 6 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. weekdays through July 2018. Crews are installing sewer pipes.

Gasoline prices

The average gasoline price Friday in the Las Vegas Valley was $2.66 per gallon. It was $2.70 in Nevada. The national average of $2.50 is down 5 cents from a week ago, up 5 cents from a month ago and up 39 cents from a year ago.

calling to report a medical emergency, safety hazard or criminal activity are also exempt.

The Nevada Highway Patrol aggressively enforces distracted driving laws through daily patrols along with safety and enforcement campaigns year-round, Buratczuk said.

At 65 mph, a car travels 95 feet per second. That means your vehicle travels the length of a football field in the three to five seconds it takes to read a text message, Buratczuk said.

“Texting and phone calls can wait,” Buratczuk said. “Nothing is worth your life.”

Road reopening soon

Scott from Las Vegas noted that Dean Martin Drive has been closed for a while now near Cactus Avenue in the southwest end of the valley. Construction signs had stated that the road would open by Oct. 30, but Scott said that the work is “nowhere near completed,” and wanted to know when Dean Martin will reopen.

Clark County spokesman Dan Kulin said that the contractor had requested an extension, and the full closure should be lifted soon. However, expect lane restrictions for another two months as crews continue to wrap up construction.

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