What’s next for Project NEON and the Spaghetti Bowl?

March 3, 2017 | Ed Bernstein
What’s next for Project NEON and the Spaghetti Bowl?

The next phase of Project NEON will begin on March 21 and it's important that all Las Vegas motorists know exactly what it will entail. What the NDOT officials are calling "The Big Squeeze" is a phase of the project that will reduce U.S. Highway 95 to only two lanes in the area between Rancho Drive and the Spaghetti Bowl. The lane closure is anticipated to continue throughout the end of the year and will coincide with construction on nearby ramps and surface streets. Thank you to our friends at the Review Journal for breaking the story. Project NEON is the largest public works project in Nevada history. It has been approved to widen 3.7 miles of Interstate 15 between Sahara and the Spaghetti Bowl. According to their website, 300,000 vehicles, or one-tenth of the state population, travel through this stretch of highway each day and that number is expected to double by 2035. The project is aiming to improve the safety of all motorists while also reducing travel delays, improving air quality, and creating jobs for Nevada. Although it may hurt your commute in the months to come, when the construction is complete Las Vegas will have:

  • Direct HOV connection between the U.S. 95 and the I-15
  • Conversion of express lanes on the I-15 to HOV lanes
  • New I-15 HOV interchange
  • Reconstruction of the Charleston interchange
  • MLK realignment with flyover at Charleston
  • Grand Central Parkway extension to Industrial
Personal injury attorney (and downtown commuter) Edward M. Bernstein is committed to improving the safety of everyone on the road. Our office hopes that all motorists will exercise extra caution in the areas listed above for the remainder of Project NEON so that we may look forward to a more spacious and safer interstate in the near future!

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Ed Bernstein

Edward M. Bernstein, Esq. is the owner and founding partner of Edward M. Bernstein & Associates, and one of the most recognizable figures in Nevada. Ed is one of state’s premier personal injury attorneys and has hosted The Ed Bernstein Show for over 31 years. He has served the Las Vegas community for decades with dozens of community appointments and terms of service. In the year 2000, he was Nevada’s Democratic nominee for the United States Senate.

Ed received his B.A. from Long Island University in 1971 and his J.D. from Widener University in 1975. Since then, Ed’s professional accolades include numerous publications, honors and awards, court appointments, and has been named one of America’s Top 100 High Stakes Litigators.