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An improvement project on Oakey Boulevard between Durango Drive and Rainbow Boulevard is nearing completion. City of Las Vegas Field Operations and Public Works crews plan to put new traffic lights into service at the Oakey and Cimarron Road intersection on Wednesday morning, June 18.
To alert motorists to the change in traffic flow, the signals will be put onto a “red flash” operation on Tuesday, June 17. The intersection should be treated as a four way stop in “red flash” mode.
The new signals are part of a traffic and safety improvement project along two miles of Oakey designed to enhance public safety for motorists and pedestrians. The improvements should also improve traffic flow on Oakey, especially during the morning and afternoon peak travel hours.
Work included resurfacing, reconfiguring and restriping Oakey between Durango and Rainbow. In addition to constructing the new traffic signals, the project included the installation of a new solar-powered school flasher at the intersection of Oakey at Lisa Lane adjacent to Herbert A. Derfelt Elementary School; new traffic timing loop detectors on Oakey at Rainbow and at Buffalo Drive; and new bike lanes. A new center median lane was added to allow turning traffic to get out of the higher speed through lanes when turning left, and to provide a wider buffer area to separate oncoming through traffic.
“Residents have expressed concerns about speeding, excessive congestion and aggressive driving that was occurring on Oakey, especially in the westbound direction,” said Ward 2 Councilman Steve Wolfson. “Public safety is a top priority in the city of Las Vegas and I’m pleased that we have been able to provide safer streets for those who travel this corridor each day.”
Recent traffic studies indicate that approximately 15,000 vehicles a day travel through the Oakey-Cimarron intersection. This improvement project was a joint effort by the departments of Public Works and Field Operations. Funding was provided by the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada and city of Las Vegas Traffic Signal impact fees.
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