LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — Construction has started on a new “SafeTech Corridor” along I-11/U.S. 95, bringing long-term safety and technology upgrades to one of southern Nevada’s busiest freeway stretches.
The Nevada Department of Transportation, working with the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada, will work along about five miles of the highway between Summerlin Parkway and the Spaghetti Bowl interchange.
The roughly $22 million project is funded through a mix of federal, state, regional and local transportation sources, officials said. The work is aimed at improving real-time traffic operations, managing congestion, and boosting safety.
Major improvements include seven Active Traffic Management gantries capable of displaying real-time speed advisories, lane-use information and incident messages above the freeway. Crews will also install 12 wrong-way driver alert systems at six interchanges: Martin Luther King Boulevard, Rancho Drive, Valley View Boulevard, Decatur Boulevard, Jones Boulevard and Rainbow Boulevard.
The project also calls for two new strategic traffic management sites to support law enforcement and incident response, as well as additional intelligent transportation systems infrastructure to support system integration and future operations.
From now through September, the high-occupancy vehicle lanes will be closed in both directions of I-11/U.S. 95 between Rancho Drive and Rainbow Boulevard.
There are also nightly intermittent lane reductions in both directions of I-11/U.S. 95 between Rancho and Rainbow. Those reductions will continue through June 5.
Transportation officials are urging drivers to use caution in work zones and consider alternate routes when possible. The agency says all construction schedules are subject to change because of weather or other factors.
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