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Starting Monday, Sept. 28, Oakey Boulevard will be closed to westbound travel, between Western Avenue and Rancho Drive, between the hours of 5 a.m. and 3 p.m. daily. The closure will remain in effect until further notice, as crews work to install 10-foot by 8-foot reinforced concrete flood control boxes in Oakey.
Oakey will reopen to one westbound travel lane to accommodate afternoon commute traffic each day. Oakey will also be open to westbound travel on the weekends.
During the closure, westbound traffic will be detoured at Western. The detour route, to the north, is Wall Street to Martin L. King Boulevard to Charleston Boulevard. The alternate route, to the south, is from Western to Scotland Lane to Highland Drive to Sahara Avenue to Rancho.
Eastbound Oakey will remain open with one travel lane at all times.
As traffic disruptions and congestion can be expected, Sahara and Charleston are suggested for through east-west travel.
This $6.2 million flood control project started in February and will take approximately 10 months to complete. A massive flood control system is being installed on Oakey at Birch Street, east of Rancho, proceeding westerly to Cahlan Drive and, when completed, the system will help alleviate flooding in the area.
Las Vegas Paving is the contractor. Funding is provided by the Clark County Regional Flood Control District. The city of Las Vegas Department of Public Works is managing the project.
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