NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION INSIDE NDOT 2010 - 2011

A Look at the Projects, Programs and People of the Nevada Department of Transportation NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 3 NDOT is studying a vehicle miles miles vehicle a studying is NDOT to alternative an as fee traveled amid roads public fund to continue issues resource energy changing deficit. funding transportation and discussed experts planning NDOT two in public the with study the meetings. public Crack sealing is just one of the important tasks that NDOT maintenance staff perform to the safety and ride preserve quality of Nevada state roads. NDOT’s highly-trained bridge inspectors highly-trained bridge inspectors NDOT’s the Colorado elevate 900 feet above River to inspect the new Hoover Dam Bypass Bridge. OF NDOT OF THE PEOPLE THE NDOT environmental environmental NDOT recent division’s achievements include conducting extensive historical restoration and research and bringing the community together to Carson City’s preserve historic Stewart Indian Cemetery. NDOT equipment NDOT efforts to employees’ and rebuild preserve some of NDOT’s 2,700-piece equipment $20 fleet has saved over two million in the past years and led NDOT the to be named one of 100 best fleets. nation’s

Following 2009 legislation aimed at a lower speed safety, road improving limit was unveiled on State Route 159 the Red Rock Canyon area through west of Las Vegas. Every year, numerous numerous Every year, employees NDOT become certified as professional engineers, an exacting certification ensuring the highest level of engineering expertise and education for all of those designing and overseeing our state’s infrastructure. outdoor destinations, Lamoille Canyon. Lamoille destinations, outdoor path through one of Nevada’s more rugged rugged more Nevada’s of one through path NDOT plow operators snow blow a springtime springtime a blow snow operators plow NDOT 4 NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION • • • • • • • • • • Project Description Silverado RanchRoadtoTropicana Avenue I-15 SOUTHDESIGN-BUILDPHASE1A –LAS VEGAS • Project Benefits • • • Project Description Rainbow Boulevardto Ann Road U.S. 95PHASE1–LAS VEGAS • • • • • Project Benefits

commerce andmobilityhelpkeepNevadamovingwellintothefuture. These areexamplesofsomelarger currentNDOT roadprojectsthat,whencomplete,willsupport seamless, top-notchtransportationsystemforNevada’s citizens,visitorsandbusinesses. projects joinwithNDOT’s roadmaintenance,preservationandpartneringactivitiestoprovidea NDOT buildsthestateroadimprovementsthatkeepcommerceandmotoristsmoving. These road

Improve safety Improve access onU.S.95northwest corridor Provide additionalcapacity W Construct loopramptoaccommodate heavywestboundDurangoDriveto southboundU.S.95traffic interchange Construct braidednorthboundexitrampandsouthbound entrancerampatRancho/AnnRoad southbound U.S.95traffic Construct loopramptoaccommodateheavywestbound Cheyenne W First phaseofU.S.95improvementsinnorthwest Las Construct SunsetRoadbridgeandreconstruct weaving betweenI-215and Braid collector Diamond Roadto Add collector Blue DiamondRoad W improvements First phaseofI-15southcorridor Improve safety Use design-buildmethodtocompleteprojectmorequickly Decrease congestionandtraveltimes Reduce driving/safetyconflictsbetweenmajorstreetsinprojectarea access onI-15 Provide additionalcapacityandimproveeast-west W arm SpringsbridgeoverI-15 iden I-15toeightlanesfromI-215 iden U.S.95inselectedareas iden GowanRoadbridge MAJOR ROAD PROJECTS -distributor lanesfromBlue

-distributor roadstoeliminate Tropicana Avenue Tropicana Avenue

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continued on next page oject Benefits Improve opportunities for economic development along the corridor and downtown Decrease traffic congestion and travel times through Carson City Provide flood control protection

• • • Pr , Photo Simulation -lane freeway to complete the Carson Avenue and Avenue ging/travel lanes to ging/travel lanes MAJOR ROAD PROJECTS ROAD MAJOR Avenue grade separation and South Carson Avenue ging

iden numerous U.S. 395 northbound bridges iden numerous U.S. 395 northbound illanova Drive

Construct flood control and soundwall improvements Construct Snyder Street interchange Project to be built as two separate packages Project to be built as two separate Construct three miles of four City Freeway around state capital 13 minutes between Moana Lane and I-80 13 minutes between Moana Lane in corridor Reduce weaving/multiple lane changes Improve safety Relieve heavy northbound U.S. 395 peak Relieve heavy northbound U.S. 395 a projected hour traffic, reducing travel time safer mer W V location of northbound Slightly modify for easier U.S. 395 to eastbound I-80 ramp Reconstruct northbound U.S. 395 ramps at U.S. 395 ramps at Reconstruct northbound Mill Street, Glendale Add auxiliary mer 395 northbound U.S.

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• • • Project Description Project Fairview Drive to South Carson Street (U.S. 50 Junction) Fairview Drive to South Carson CARSON CITY FREEWAY - PHASE 2B FREEWAY CARSON CITY • •

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• • Project Description Project Moana Lane to I-80 Spaghetti Bowl Intersection Moana Lane NORTHBOUND U.S. 395 IMPROVEMENT PROJECT - RENO PROJECT IMPROVEMENT U.S. 395 NORTHBOUND 6 NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION West Mesquite InterchangeDesign-BuildProject-Mesquite • • • OTHER ROADPROJECT EXAMPLES • • • • Project Benefits • • • • • Project Description South Renoto Washoe Valley INTERSTATE 580

U.S. 95Phase4-atHorseDrive,northwest Las Meadowood/I-580 Interchange/ImprovementProject -Reno I-15 standards Construction willresultin27milesofuninterruptedcontrolled-accessroadmeetinginterstate existing roadnearprojectarea Projected toreducethemorethan2,570accidentsand16fatalitiesthatoccurredina10-yearspan on Decrease trafficcongestion Carson CityandReno/Sparks W t (frontage roada Construct KellyCanyonRoad five bridges Construct twogradeseparationsand Mansion Road(StateRoute429) Construct newinterchangeatBowers Highway (StateRoute431) Complete interchangewithMt.Rose controlled accessfreeway Construct 8.5milesofnew o maintain local access) ill provideonlyall-weatherroutebetween MAJOR ROAD PROJECTS nd Parker Ranch Road , six-lane

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continued on next page . These are examples . s carefully plans carefully Hybrid Vehicle

Proposed Projects Proposed

The goal: to complete needed road projects more quickly and provide less The goal: to complete needed road ransparency PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE THE FOR PLANNING VMT system, users are charged by the number of system, users are charged VMT n future years, Nevada will be billions short in funding for needed public roads due roads public needed for funding in short billions be will Nevada years, future n

I These public-private partnerships can take many forms, and they’re all aimed at providing the These public-private partnerships Amid a statewide multibillion-dollar transportation funding deficit, NDOT’ Amid a statewide multibillion-dollar

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T Accountability/T Privacy Sustainability Equity Public Perception Usability In a miles driven instead of gallons of fuel purchased. Enhanced lifestyle for a growing Nevada Enhanced lifestyle for a growing Less congestion Less congestion More efficient transportation Less public money spent Earlier delivery of transportation projects Earlier delivery of transportation Better mobility In conjunction with our local government and community partners, NDOT and community local government with our In conjunction the transportation systems and improvements of the future. By looking to the road ahead, NDOT the road ahead, By looking to of the future. and improvements systems the transportation and future road network for future years socially-responsible the most effective, collaboratively plans the funding available. generations with traffic congestion urban mobility report found that area alone, a recent nationwide Vegas In the Las of wasted fuel every year wasted hours and 20 million gallons creates 29 million dependent, to provide for programs that are planned, funding projects and NDOT of some larger commerce needs. future mobility and

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• • • Key Elements Being Studied • Vehicle Miles Traveled Fee Traveled Miles Vehicle traveled fee as an option to sustainably fund transportation by replacing the current fuel tax. fuel current the replacing by transportation fund sustainably to option an as fee traveled consumption nearly in half by 2016. NDOT’s Vehicle Miles Traveled Fee Study will review a vehicle miles miles vehicle a review will Study Fee Traveled Miles Vehicle NDOT’s 2016. by half in nearly consumption fuel cut to expected standards efficiency fuel new and use vehicle hybrid/electric inflation, to part in

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PIONEER PROGRAM • • • • • • following benefits to Nevada: congested freeways and the greatest return on taxpayer-funded road improvements. return on taxpayer-funded congested freeways and the greatest

with private businesses. www.pioneerprogram.com innovative road funding, construction and management partnerships Pioneer Program will help develop 8 NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Schedule: • • Project Benefits • Project Description Nevada/California state line to Apex interchange • • • Project Benefits • Project Description CA/NV state line to I-215 in Las Vegas I-15 INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM DESIGN-BUILD PROJECT I-15 NORTH AND SOUTH CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENTS – SOUTHERN NEVADA Schedule: • • Project Benefits • • onstruct collector-distributor freeway• frontage roads • • • Pr PROJECT NEON-DOWNTOWN LAS VEGAS •

oject Description 5 7 W t I p M I U C I s M P E F C R C C W I o northeast of Las Vegas mprove I-15 high-occupancy vehicle lanes, including collector/distributor roads mproves travel, safety and transportation connectivity and reduces congestion on I-15 from California state line mprove safety mprove traffic flow, operations, emergency response and road information technology on I-15 from the igns, ramp meters and traffic flow detectors 40,000 tons of vehicle emissions - 61 million commuter hours traffic deaths - 1,130 injury/property damage crashes - 58 million gallons of fuel rojects) and from Craig Road to Apex interchange north of Las Vegas (I-15 north projects) rovide new access to downtown redevelopment lood control and landscape and aesthetic improvements xtend high-occupancy vehicle system to reduce congestion alifornia border to I-215 in Las Vegas onnect Martin Luther King Blvd. and Industrial Road over I-15econstruct I-15/Charleston Blvd. Interchange onstruct high-occupancy vehicle (carpool lane) direct connection from U.S. 95 se design-build method to complete project more quickly ulti-phase projects to enhance I-15 from Nevada/California state line to Silverado Ranch Boulevard (I-15 south ulti-package project to install intelligent transportation system improvements, such as dynamic message hen completed, estimated to annually eliminate: iden I-15fromU.S.95spaghettibowlintersectiontosouthofSahara Individual phases of projects to be built based upon funding availability and transportation need Planning/Environmental Clearance: 2003-2010 - Final Design/Construction: TBD Proposed Projects PLANNING FORTHEFUTURE Ave. to I-15

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s ake operational and capacity improvements to improvements capacity and operational ake ore quickly ore pex to Mesquite and Moapa Valley Valley Moapa and Mesquite to pex oover Dam Bypass (Boulder City) (Boulder Bypass Dam oover se design-build method to complete project project complete to method design-build se orridor Study orridor eplace deteriorating road surface road deteriorating eplace yramid Way (State Route 445) Route (State Way yramid Street Connection under I-15 – Las Vegas Las – I-15 under Connection Street roject consists of various independent construction independent various of consists roject lements, from repaving and widening to ramp ramp to widening and repaving from lements, ystem/fiber optic improvements improvements optic ystem/fiber -15/Cactus Avenue interchange – Las Vegas Las – interchange Avenue -15/Cactus Vegas Las – interchange Avenue -15/Starr mprove safety mprove mprove road capacity, operations and road road and operations capacity, road mprove mprovements – Reno – mprovements nformation technology on I-80 through Reno/Sparks through I-80 on technology nformation mprovements and intelligent transportation transportation intelligent and mprovements mprove travel, safety and transportation infrastructure transportation and safety travel, mprove A C I P i F I I I H U m I i R s I P e i M i

CORRIDOR STUDIES CORRIDOR • study) • (multi-state Study Corridor -15 • • • • • to Drive Foothill and • Vegas) (Las Drive Horizon to I-15 from I-515 (multi-phase)- 95 93/U.S. -515/U.S. • OTHER PLANNED PROJECT EXAMPLES PROJECT PLANNED OTHER • • • • Benefit Project • • • Project Description Project • I-80 DESIGN-BUILD PROJECT- RENO/SPARKS PROJECT- DESIGN-BUILD I-80 Boulevard Vista to Drive Robb 10 NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Here isasampleoftheirvitalwork. with expertise,dedicationandarecognitionoftheinvaluablepublicinvestmenteachroadway of thestate’ transportation-related tasks. control torepavingandrepainting,NDOT maintenanceforcesperformnearly100different typesof Through eachofthesetasks,maintenanceprofessionalsprotectandupkeepstateroads State roadsarethelifelineforNevadacommutes,travelandcommerce. Emergency r Road sloper Snow andiceremoval SAMPLE MAINTENANCE TASKS MANHOURS 2010 Road striping Road br Pothole/crack fillingandpatching Debris r ROAD MAINTENANCE s largest publicinfrastructureinvestments.Fromsnowremovalandaccidenttraffic 2010 TOTAL NDOT MAINTENANCEMANHOURS: 804,920 (INCLUDING ABOVE SAMPLETASKS AND ALL OTHERS) emoval ooming/sweeping epair/enhancements esponse ...... 10,780 ...... 127,599 ...... 36,597 ...... 43,956 ...... 26,536 ...... 26,536 20,818 88,508 They arealsoone . NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 11

continued on next page , NDOT’s Freeway Service , NDOT’s A traveler service contracted through NDOT, traveler service contracted through NDOT, A During a recent year

Freeway Service Patrol vans assist drivers on Las Freeway Service Patrol vans assist Freeway Service Patrol vans and Reno freeways. Vegas stopping to provide travel a continuous fixed route, medical free motorist assistance, from emergency of roadway service and vehicle repair to removal debris, accident scene response, vehicle fires, animals While assisting individual on the roadway and more. motorists, the service also keeps freeway capacity at a maximum by helping to move stalled vehicles and keep traffic flowing. Patrol provided assistance in more than 56,000 roadway incidents.

PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC 1 toll-free, 24-hours-a- .nvroads.com. s environmental, civic and economic/tourism impact is more than can be s environmental, civic and economic/tourism impact is more than is dedicated to the mobility and safety of Nevada residents and visitors. Our dedication and visitors. Nevada residents and safety of to the mobility is dedicated s sponsor-a-highway and adopt-a-highway programs allow non-political groups and and adopt-a-highway programs allow non-political groups s sponsor-a-highway NDOT While the program’ NDOT’ The road condition updates are also now available by The road condition updates are also Motorists simply dial 51 NDOT’s 511 Nevada Travel Info system posts current Nevada road, Info system posts current Nevada Travel Nevada 511 NDOT’s

to the traveling public extends beyond the roads, pathways, rails and skies. It also extends to these vital these to extends also It skies. and rails pathways, roads, the beyond extends public traveling the to public services. program provides cleaner, safer roads for Nevada motorists. program provides cleaner, recent years, money that can be utilized for other vital maintenance and safety activities. Meanwhile, the recent years, money that can be utilized for other vital maintenance expressed in monetary terms, it has enabled NDOT to avoid millions in annual litter removal costs over to avoid millions in annual expressed in monetary terms, it has enabled NDOT

cost to taxpayers. LITTER REMOVAL cleaner roadways at no additional individuals to remove trash from certain state roadways, providing

“Clear Path” link on www “Clear Path” PATROL SERVICE FREEWAY 1-877-NV-ROADS to receive the same information. 1-877-NV-ROADS alert through the e-mail and cell phone text message construction updates. Out-of-state callers can dial construction updates. Out-of-state weather forecasts, scheduled event road closures and weather forecasts, scheduled event day from within the state for automated road conditions, day from within the state for automated

website. to-remember 511 phone number and www.nvroads.com www.nvroads.com phone number and to-remember 511 construction, weather and accident reports to an easy- and accident reports to an construction, weather

511 NEVADA TRAVEL INFO TRAVEL NEVADA 511 12 NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION provide sociallyresponsibleenhancementstoourfreeways. development, connectcommunitieswiththeirroadways,reflectuniqueheritageandculture and roundabout. It’s alltoenhanceeconomic the newly-constructedStateRoute227traffic by Elko-areastudentsandnowinplaceon Ruby Mountain-themedcenterpiecedesigned on U.S.95andI-15inLas Vegas, aswella projects tolandscapingandaesthetics,suchas the costofnewconstructionandwidening program awarded$1.6millioninreimbursementfor11 different localprogramsacrossthestate,from more elementaryandmiddleschoolchildrentowalkbicycleschool.Initsfirstfullyear pedestrian facilitiesandreviewsdesignconstructionofproposedfacilities. of bicycleandpedestriannetworksinourcommunities,aswellinspectsexisting bicycling andwalkingacrossthestate. The bicycleandpedestrianprogramencouragesthedevelopment BICYCLE/PEDESTRIAN and providedustcontrol. tourism, butcanalsoimproveairquality enhance anddefinecorridors,cities, roadway componentsthatcannotonly LANDSCAPE/AESTHETICS

Overseen byNDOT NDOT’ NDOT Landscape andaestheticsarevital PUBLIC SERVICES dedicatesuptothreepercentof s bicycle,pedestrianandSafeRoutestoSchoolprogramspromotesafehealthy , theSafeRoutestoSchoolprogramisafederalfundingencouraging

schoolchildren in34schoolsacrossthestate. bicycling andwalkinghabitstonearly8,000 Moves Dayeventteachinghealthyandsafe organizing crossing-guardprograms. such asenhancingsecurebicycleparkingand walking/bicycling pathstoothermeasures infrastructure improvementssuchasimproved

NDOT alsohelpedinitiate a2010Nevada , the NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 13 As , NDOT’s aviation section , NDOT’s s rail and freight program In the sky and oversee federal funding for the railways and oversee federal funding for the that transport Nevada goods and visitors. plans for the air transportation needs of the future by indentifying funding to improve Through annual safety regional air service. inspections, airport pavement analysis and other improvement and education programs, an important aviation team plays NDOT’s role in assisting the Nevada airports that flight support, provide medical emergency operations, fire suppression and cargo economic vitality. PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC also put American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding to work to support Nevada American Recovery and Reinvestment also put ithout personal transportation, how ithout personal transportation, DOT’s transit program supports these these supports program transit DOT’s

Railroads are an essential component of our interstate and intrastate transportation system. Railroads are an essential component NDOT N W

the nation looks to alternative transportation and goods movement, NDOT’ the nation looks to alternative transportation studies to determine the most advantageous ways to administer undertakes statewide goods movement

RAIL/AVIATION and a bus fueling/storage facility. including construction of approximately 25 new bus shelters construction and operations improvements, areas and the state’s reservations and colonies and cumulatively provide over one million rides every year. year. every rides million one over provide cumulatively and colonies and reservations state’s the and areas $7 million in federal funds for new buses, as well as transit distributed more than transit needs. NDOT communities including most of the larger rural rural larger the of most including communities These transit services operate in 60 Nevada Nevada 60 in operate services transit These NDOT’s disbursement of federal funding. funding. federal of disbursement NDOT’s than 350 vehicles have been acquired through through acquired been have vehicles 350 than grants. Since the program began in 1975, more more 1975, in began program the Since grants. local transit providers by administering federal federal administering by providers transit local

need. with the services they many rural residents TRANSIT transportation that connects programs provide grocery store? Nevada’s many public transit grocery store? Nevada’s would you get to work, the doctor or even the would you get to 14 NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION CABLE BARRIERS transportation system. effective safety measure, rumble strips are saving lives and further increasing the safety of Nevada’s rumble strips in the center median of many rural state roadways. A relatively quick-to-install and cost- can be reduced. correct their vehicles, head-on and sideswipe crashes out of their lane. By alerting and allowing motorists to strips generate sound and vibration when drivers veer road crashes by 42%. roadway shoulder to help reduce interstate run-off-the- many years, NDOT has utilized rumble strips on the caused by run-off-the-road and head-on crashes. For RUMBLE STRIPS STRATEGIC HIGHWAY SAFETY PLAN as wemovetowardourultimategoalofzerofatalitiesonNevadaroads. rumble stripsoncertainruralstateroads,cablemedianbarriersandmore. by nearlyonequarter. service enhancements.Inthefirsttwoyearsofsafetyplanalone,Nevadatrafficfatalitiesdecreased Safety Planin2006toreducetrafficdeathsthroughengineering,education,enforcementandemer ransportation safety is a foremost NDOT priority. Each and every day, the men and women of of reducing the number of statewide traffic crashes from a high of 434 in 2006 to 256 in 2010. NDOT work to help ensure the safety of our roads. Their dedication to safety has been a key component T C I T A Alongside ourtransportationandsafetypartners,NDOT n Nevada, over 40% of all traffic fatalities are argeted engineeringtrafficsafetymeasuresalreadyimplementedincludeinstallationofcenterline he Department continues to place centerline onsisting of grooves cut into a roadway, rumble 2010updateoftheplanismostrecentstepinprovidingtar T DRIVING SAFETY

of injuries from cross-median crashes. barriers have been proven to help prevent the most serious collisions. The effectiveness and safety benefits of cable misguided vehicles like a net, thus avoiding head-on between opposite lanes of traffic, cable barriers can catch state roadways. program of installing cable barriers in the median of certain injury. To help prevent these crashes, NDOT has begun a H O eavy-duty cables strung along a row of posts ver half of cross-median crashes in Nevada result in

establishedtheNevadaStrategicHighway geted trafficsafetyenhancements gency SPECIAL PUBLICATION • 2010-2011

Nevada State Transportation Board Chairman Brian Sandoval Governor Brian Krolicki Lieutenant Governor Frank Martin District 1 Catherine Cortez Masto Attorney General District 2 Kim Wallin Controller Tom Fransway District 3

Susan Martinovich, P.E. www.nevadadot.com Brian Sandoval Director Governor NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Public Information Office 1263 South Stewart Street Carson City, Nevada 89712 Phone: (775) 888-7000