Transportation

Millions for maglev: So, where’s the money?

The $45 million the governor claimed was headed to Nevada for a maglev rail project won’t arrive any time soon, federal officials said Wednesday, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is working to divert the funding to state road and highway projects.

24 September 2009
By Lisa Mascaro

Vehicle traffic on I-15 at Calif. border dips slightly

Traffic volume on Interstate 15 at the California-Nevada state border dipped slightly in August compared to July, but last month’s traffic was still higher than it was compared to last summer.

24 September 2009
By Kyle B. Hansen

Airline to offer service between Las Vegas, Paris

Paris-based XL Airways, a charter carrier with five planes in its fleet, is expected to begin twice-a-week direct air service between Paris and Las Vegas next summer. The report was unclear on whether the flights would be nonstop.

23 September 2009
By Richard N. Velotta

Transportation secretary: Gibbons 'not accurate' in noting maglev earmark

Secretary of Transportation Ray Lahood, left, sent a letter to Gov. Jim Gibbons saying the governor was inaccurate to report the feds were releasing $45 million for a high-speed train to Southern California.

WASHINGTON -- The check is not in the mail. That was the message today to Gov. Jim Gibbons in a letter from the Department of Transportation secretary regarding the release of $45 million earmarked for the maglev train. "It has come to my attention that you were recently quoted in the media as saying that Nevada expected to receive funds this week," Secretary Ray LaHood wrote. "If such a statement was made, it is not accurate."

23 September 2009
By Lisa Mascaro

Convention puts McCarran technology on display

McCarran International Airport this week showed off some of the new technology used to make air travel easier for customers at an international convention in Las Vegas this week.

19 September 2009
By Kyle B. Hansen

Maglev money sparks a Gibbons-Reid quarrel

Maglev money sparks a Gibbons-Reid quarrel

When Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid announced his support for the DesertXpress over a magnetic levitation train this summer, that seemed to end Nevada’s long-running train feud. Reid was frustrated with the sluggish pace of planning for the maglev.

18 September 2009
By J. Patrick Coolican

New I-15 lane to open next week

Las Vegas Valley drivers will get a glimpse of a new, wider Interstate 15 next week as a third lane opens just north of the Spaghetti Bowl.

18 September 2009
By Kyle B. Hansen

High-speed rail competition heats up with new funding

Plans for a maglev train like the one in Japan would give travelers between Las Vegas and Southern California another alternative to Interstate 15. The plan is competing with DesertXpress, which is further along in the planning process.

Competition between two proposed high-speed trains from Las Vegas to Southern California ignited anew today after federal authorities announced $45 million for the maglev project that had lost political support.

16 September 2009
By Lisa Mascaro

McCain unable to strip Nevada earmarks from bill

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., left, talks with Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Michael Mullen on Capitol Hill in Washington today. McCain tried unsuccessfully to strip $1.7 billion in earmarks from next year's transportation spending bill, which would have hurt funds for Nevada projects.

WASHINGTON — The Senate today beat back an attempt by Republican Sen. John McCain to strip $1.7 billion in earmarks from next year’s transportation spending bill, which would have gutted funds for several important projects in Nevada.

15 September 2009
By Lisa Mascaro

Evening closures scheduled on D Street

Evening closures are scheduled this week on D Street near Interstate 15 as work continues on the freeway.

14 September 2009
By Kyle B. Hansen

High-speed rail alliance brings Western cities aboard

It’s Monday afternoon of a three-day weekend spent at a terrific resort, and the going-home traffic is brutal. It’s going to take hours longer to get home than it usually takes on this trip. No, this isn’t Interstate 15 heading for Southern California from Las Vegas. It’s Interstate 70 between the Colorado ski resorts and the Denver metropolitan area.

11 September 2009
By Richard N. Velotta

State marks start of latest I-15 construction project

Gov. Jim Gibbons, center, signs a contract for the I-15 Design-Build project Thursday at Las Vegas Paving offices. With Gibbons are Susan Martinovich, director of Nevada Department of Transportation, and Rossi Ralenkotter, president and CEO of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority. The $246.5 million project is funded through Assembly Bill 595, which includes funds diverted from room tax revenue.

When construction on the latest Interstate 15 project begins in early 2010, most of the interstate near Las Vegas will have been under construction within the past year. “We will have I-15 pretty much messed up all the way from Craig Road down almost to the state line,” Nevada Department of Transportation Director Susan Martinovich said Thursday at a kickoff for the latest project. Interstate 15, the most highly traveled corridor in the state, has had major construction projects underway since September 2008.

10 September 2009
By Kyle B. Hansen

The potential for prosperity in Las Vegas

Director of the Brookings Mountain West Institute, William Antholis, opens the inaugural lectures at the Greenspun Hall on the UNLV campus in Las Vegas on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009.

Things are bad in Las Vegas, but there’s hope if you look in the right places. That’s the assessment of Brookings Institution urban policy scholars Mark Muro and Robert Lang, who delivered a state-of-the-city lecture Tuesday at UNLV.

9 September 2009
By J. Patrick Coolican

Summer’s end might not bring lower gas prices

Labor Day marks the unofficial end of summer and is usually the end of higher gasoline prices sparked by summer travel, but this year might be an exception.

8 September 2009
By Kyle B. Hansen

Highway traffic heavy as visitors leave for weekend

Traffic leaving Las Vegas is heavy today as travelers head home to Arizona and California after the holiday weekend.

7 September 2009
By Las Vegas Sun Staff
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