Vegas Taxi Driver: Major Lane Closures In Las Vegas Going Forward

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Vegas Taxi Driver: Major Lane Closures In Las Vegas Going Forward

Major Lane Closures In Las Vegas Going Forward

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Major Lane Closures In Las Vegas

by Vegas Taxi Driver
February 13, 2009

Any day now, the Nevada Department of Transportation is going to start a new project that will cause temporary delays, but will ultimately result in better traffic flow by the next century. For about nine months, all northbound lanes on all roads in the Las Vegas area will be closed, and all eastbound lanes on all roads in the Las Vegas area will be restricted to one lane. The Nevada Department of Transportation recommends using alternate routes. As always, the Nevada Department of Transportation will have crews ready with trucks full of orange cones, and if the Nevada Department of Transportation notices that traffic is somehow able to get somewhere, they will be dispatching crews to put out cones to create complete gridlock. All of this is part of a plan by the Nevada Department of Transportation to make the traffic in Las Vegas run smoothly, and at the end of this project everyone will notice a big difference.

However, in about eight months after the beginning of the project, they will be starting the second phase of the project, which will take another nine months, during which time all southbound lanes and westbound lanes of all roads in Las Vegas will be closed. Once again, the Nevada Department of Transportation recommends using alternate routes. By the time the Nevada Department of Transportation finishes both phases, it will be time to repeat the process. In order to keep traffic from clogging up Interstate 15, which is already under construction in both directions in multiple locations, the Nevada Department of Transportation will be turning the on- ramp traffic signals to red at all times. Extra Metro Police Officers will be on hand to write as many tickets as possible to any drivers trying to actually get anywhere, especially cabbies, in order to finance the shortfall in the budget in the State of Nevada.

Some of the facts and dates in this article may be false and exaggerated, but it is not far from the reality that Las Vegas taxi drivers are accustomed to.

by Vegas Taxi Driver
February 13, 2009

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