Nevada now seeing funding to help with road infrastructure, traffic safety
Las Vegas (KSNV) — Nevada is beginning to see millions of dollars in funding to help better our roadways, courtesy of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill.
Senator Catherine Cortez Masto said improving roadways and crosswalk safety for students across southern Nevada are huge priorities with this bill.
The US senator, along with other local officials, walked along Fort Apache Road near Faiss Middle School on Friday as kids arrived for class.
They discussed further improving crosswalks and other traffic safety measures with the millions of dollars coming to Nevada thanks to the bill.
They stood right down the road from the spot where a 12-year-old was hit and killed by a speeding driver in 2019.
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A traffic light was put in that area after the boy’s death.
The RTC will receive more than $150 million over the next five years to target issues like this.
Cortez Masto says the bill will help provide funding for safer routes to school, new technology on the roads, improved bicyclist safety measures, and more.
“We’ve seen an increase in fatalities on our roadways here, and so we’ve got to figure out what’s going on and how do we address that. How do we address that and make it zero?” she said. “The benefit of this money that’s coming in now will help that goal. It really will over a long term. That’s the intent here.”
Clark County officials said around $80 million will be used on road infrastructure over the next few years.
