Looping las Vegas ambitious beltway project nears completion

摘要

The Las Vegas Beltway, Clark County's biggest, most ambitious road-project ever, should be finished 12 years ahead of the original schedule. The 1.7 billion dollars, 51.6-mi., four-lane freeway, also known as Interstate 215, will encircle two-thirds of the Las Vegas Valley. The multiyear project is funded by a 1990 ballot initiative that funnels a portion of sales, fuel and room taxes toward beltway construction. The undertaking started in 1992 and had an expected completion date of 2025, but the program was accelerated in 1996 as a result of the valley's population explosion.