The next phase of Interstate 215 between Pecos Road and Green Valley Parkway is expected to open July 1, Bobby Shelton, spokesman for the Clark County Public Works Department, said. We hope to actually be driving on the beltway July 2.
Plans call for the remainder of the beltway to be open to drivers by the end of the year.
Also on the night of July 1, plans call for closing the stretch of Lake Mead Drive between Pecos and Green Valley Parkway. That means commuters will now be forced off Lake Mead onto Pecos or Green Valley Parkway to the beltway for east-west travel. County and city public works officials also have been working with the developer of the Target store at Eastern and Silverado Ranch to expand southbound Eastern by two lanes to alleviate current and future traffic congestion being created by the commercial development along Eastern. In another attempt to curb the traffic woes on Eastern between the beltway and Lake Mead Drive, Shelton said the timing of the traffic signals at the beltway and Serene Avenue have been changed to improve traffic flow. A new signal also will be put in at Eastern and Pebble Road on the north side of the beltway by the end of summer.