Starting at approximately 9 p.m., Monday, October 8, traffic lane restrictions can be expected on Sahara Avenue from Hualapai Way to and through the Fort Apache Road intersection, and on Fort Apache Road at Sahara Avenue. The lane restrictions will be in effect during the approximate overnight hours of 9 p.m. and 6 a.m. for an improvement project by the city of Las Vegas Department of Public Works. Some daytime traffic lane restrictions may be necessary as work progresses.

Based on traffic count data collected in April 2005, upwards of 71,900 vehicles a day, travel through the Sahara Avenue and Fort Apache Road intersection. To better accommodate the high volumes of traffic through this area, the median islands will be removed and reconstructed. Sidewalks, curbs, gutters, landscaping, irrigation systems and streetlight poles will be relocated and modifications will be made to some traffic signals. As traffic delays can be expected while work is underway, Charleston Boulevard and Desert Inn Road are suggested as alternate routes for east-west travel. Durango Drive and Hualapai Way are suggested for north-south travel.

Sahara Avenue and Fort Apache Road should reopen to full around-the-clock access when the project is completed in mid-February. The contractor is Southern Nevada Paving. Funding for this $1.76 million improvement project is provided by the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada.