![]() State transportation officials believe traffic will move swiftly, because the motorists using the express lanes won’t have to deal with all the vehicles getting on or off the highway at the Spring Mountain Road, Flamingo Road and Tropicana Avenue interchanges. The plan is to have the express lanes up and running by summer 2009.īut the two left lanes of the interstate will be paired to create express lanes in both directions and will be separated from the other three interstate lanes by short markers, called "candlesticks." In January, the state Transportation Board approved a $35 million project that would create a fifth lane in both directions on a 5.5-mile stretch of Interstate 15, from Sahara Avenue to Russell Road. It would make more sense to designate car-only lanes on wider freeways, he said. "The current congestion or delays on the freeways are from the exits and entrances and not from the through movement," he said. ![]() "The freeway would be functioning in a worse fashion under this scenario than if you let them choose whatever lane they wanted," Cooper said.Ĭooper concedes the general driving public might move up and down the freeway quicker in a left lane without trucks, but "when they got to their exit they would find a much more congested freeway." Of course, not every truck is looking to jump on and off the freeway, and those passing through will most likely steer left, Cooper said.īy removing lane options from them, more trucks would clog the right lanes, making it more difficult for vehicles to get on and off the highway. Other trucks are dropping off loads here in the valley to feed our ever-growing service economy. Las Vegas is a resting point for many truckers carrying loads from the ports in Long Beach, Calif., to their final destinations in the West and Northwest. Just like most sedans and SUVs, the majority of the tractor trailers rumbling through Las Vegas also stop here, either for deliveries or for a rest. The Nevada Department of Transportation has studied moving trucks out of our freeway’s left lanes, said assistant director for planning Kent Cooper. ![]() It’s an idea that is floated by folks who move here from all over the nation, but especially California, where commercial vehicles are banned from the inside lane. There is an idea that’s enormously popular among Las Vegas transplants: Get commercial vehicles out of the far-left lane on our freeways. ![]()
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