Las Vegas, NV (KXNT) – Yet another large-scale road construction project has kicked off in the valley, with this one affecting roads around Reid International Airport.
Work began Monday on the next phase of the Interstate 215 Airport Connector Interchange project. This 2-year project will generally consist of widening roadway segments, lane realignment, pavement rehabilitation and striping, a bridge structure, retaining walls, ramp reconfiguration and new ramp construction, medians, sidewalks, signage, lighting, intelligent transportation system infrastructure, and landscaping.
The $49.5 million project includes:
- Widening the Sunset Road off-ramp from one lane to two lanes to provide additional capacity on the ramp for the traffic signal at the Sunset Road and Paradise Road intersection.
- Widening the northbound Airport Connector from three to four lanes between the westbound I-215 on-ramp to the northbound Airport Connector and the Sunset Road exit.
- Constructing a new ramp from eastbound I-215 that connects the northbound Airport Connector to a dedicated lane for the Sunset Road off-ramp. The new ramp includes a bridge over the on-ramp from westbound I-215 to the northbound Airport Connector.
- Realigning the westbound I-215 on-ramp to the northbound Airport Connector under the new bridge for the eastbound I-215 ramp to the northbound Airport Connector. The new westbound on-ramp lane will join with the two lanes from the northbound Airport Connector and the dedicated lane for Sunset Road exit to form the four-lane northbound Airport Connector section.
- Re-aligning George Crockett Road to the northbound Airport Connector on-ramp to increase the weave distance between the on-ramp and the new ramp from eastbound I-215.
Work hours will generally be daily, Monday – Friday, 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m, but night work may also occur at times