LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — FOX5 continues to track future changes to improve safety along Boulder Highway and when the next phase for construction could begin.
The City of Henderson continues its work along the south end of the Highway as part of the Reimagine Boulder Highway plan. Phase II of the project will target a roughly eight-mile stretch south of Charleston Boulevard to Gibson Road/Broadbent Road.
FOX5 looked closer at concerns and efforts for change following the latest incident: on Sept. 2, a 14-year-old boy was critically injured after being struck by a pickup truck in a crosswalk along Boulder Highway. As LVMPD still investigates the crash and the driver, the mother of Xavier Llanos has a message for all drivers along Boulder Highway and beyond: slow down.
According to PedSafe Vegas, a number of crosswalks have been installed across Boulder Highway, contributing to the decrease in annual pedestrian fatalities from double digits to six fatalities in 2024, 5 in 2025, and 4 in 2026.
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“I think the whole region is anxious for this project to move forward, primarily because of the safety concerns that we see on the corridor. And we are moving as fast as we can. I think the big limiting factor moving forward is just identifying that construction funding,” said Andrew Kjellman, deputy CEO for RTC of Southern Nevada.
Boulder Highway is a state-owned road that belongs to NDOT. Federal funding along with state funding, has helped initiate the planning phase and design work, Kjellman tells FOX5; an environmental review is already underway to help analyze the neighborhood and business impact.
RTC is still working on stakeholder outreach with NDOT, the county and the city to complete the design.
“Then once we have the design, then we’ll better understand how much it’s going to cost, and then where the funding is going to come from,” Kjellman tells FOX5.
Changes will include new asphalt pavement, better lighting, improved traffic signal timing, bike lanes, crosswalks roughly every third of a mile, and a bus lane in the middle of the road; not only will this speed up trip times, according to Kjellman, but the 2020 study said it would calm traffic and reduce the distance for bus riders to cross the street.
At the local bus stop, the proposed changes for bus lanes had mixed reviews.
“I think it will help, but I think putting the bus stops in the middle might be harm because now people got to cross the street to run, to catch the bus, and you got to go in the middle–and now you got to cross traffic,” one rider said.
Folks can stay up to date with changes here.
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