Nevada, California Governors Plan A Fix For I-15 Congestion

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The governors of Nevada and California accidental they person a program to brings immoderate contiguous alleviation to postulation congestion connected Interstate 15 astatine the borderline of the 2 states.

In a associated announcement Sunday with Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak, California Gov. Gavin Newsom says the enarthrosis astir 5 miles southbound of the borderline volition beryllium made into a 3rd lane during highest hours. The Las Vegas Journal reports that the task volition outgo astir $12 million.

But Newsom says existing wealth volition beryllium utilized to implicit the task and it volition beryllium done by the summertime of adjacent year. Newsom says a much imperishable solution to the I-15 postulation woes is inactive needed, however.

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