LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — The Nevada Department of Transportation will install 12 new wrong-way driver alert systems along I-11/US 95 from the Spaghetti Bowl to Summerlin, plus additional systems on the 215 beltway.
Two alert systems will be installed at each of six interchanges on I-11/US 95: Martin Luther King Boulevard, Rancho Drive, Valley View Boulevard, Decatur Boulevard, Jones Boulevard and Rainbow Boulevard.
On the 215 beltway, alert systems will be placed at Hidden Well Road near Las Vegas Boulevard, the westbound 215 off-ramp to Las Vegas Boulevard, the westbound 215 off-ramp to Warm Springs Road, and the westbound 215 off-ramp to Windmill Lane.
The wrong-way alert systems use flashing signs to warn drivers who enter highway ramps in the wrong direction. NDOT showed footage from 2024 of a driver who started going the wrong way on US 95 at Sky Canyon but turned around after seeing the flashing wrong-way signs.
Installation timelines unclear
The 12 systems on I-11/US 95 will be part of technology upgrades to the highway corridor. That work is not set to begin until late 2026, according to NDOT. Regarding 215 systems, NDOT says construction is ongoing and testing will follow, but didn’t give specific dates.
FOX5 has also learned that wrong-way driver alert systems will also be going up in two new locations on I-15 north and southbound at Tropicana Avenue. Also, I-15 northbound at Harmon Avenue. NDOT says both sites are in testing and will go online in early 2026.
There are currently wrong-way alert systems installed and online north and southbound I-15 at Starr Avenue. North and southbound I-11 at Durango Drive. North and southbound I-11 at Kyle Canyon Road. And north and southbound I-11 at Sky Canyon Drive.
Andrea Raney, whose 3-year-old granddaughter Jaya Brooks was killed by a wrong-way driver just before Christmas in 2023, said she was encouraged by the recent expansion.
“12? That’s huge,” Raney said.
She was also pleased about the additions on the 215.
“Even better that it’s scattered in many areas,” she said.
“The ripple of any tragedy, it doesn’t just stop with whatever happened that day, it’s forever,” Raney said. “To remember Jaya, she’s just, you know, she’s just the brightest light.”
System effectiveness
NDOT has not provided updated information on how many vehicles have turned around after encountering the flashing signs. However, the department previously reported that from June 2020 to the end of 2022, as part of a pilot program, 84 percent of vehicles turned around when confronted with the alert systems.
Data for the pilot program were mostly from wrong-way driver alert systems in northern Nevada.
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