News Release

Contact: Julie Chadburn 
Phone: (702) 668-8068 
Tuesday, February 21, 2012 
Sewer Project to Begin on Valley View Boulevard and Tropicana Avenue 

       The Clark County Water Reclamation District will be starting a sewer rehabilitation project on Valley View Boulevard and Tropicana Avenue. Sewer lines will be replaced, relined, temporary bypass pumps and lines will be installed, and manholes will be rehabilitated.

Travel Advisory

Dates:      
February 21, 2012 through at least April 30, 2012

Streets:    
Lane restrictions will be in place on Tropicana Avenue at Valley View. The two inside lanes on Westbound and Eastbound Tropicana will be restricted, with the outside lane in both directions being open.

Valley View will have lane restrictions as well. The two inside lanes on Northbound and Southbound Valley View will be restricted, with the outside lane in both directions being open.

Traffic signals will be timed to allow for left turns through the intersection, however, left turns into and out of driveways may be restricted.

Work will take place from Sunday through Friday, 9 p.m. through 6 a.m. Lane restrictions will not be in place during non‐working hours. Please use caution while driving through the work zone.

       For more information and traffic updates on all of our projects, drivers can call the project hotline at (702) 668‐8668, or visit www.thelvpipeline.com. For updates, you can follow us on Twitter at http://Twitter.com/Cleanwaterteam.

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About the District: The Clark County Water Reclamation District was created in 1954. It services the unincorporated portions of Clark County, within the Las Vegas Valley, as well as the communities of Blue Diamond, Indian Springs, Laughlin, Moapa Valley and Searchlight. The District collects and treats nearly 100 million gallons of wastewater each day utilizing more than 2,000 miles of pipeline and seven treatment facilities.

About Clark County: Clark County is a dynamic and innovative organization dedicated to providing top-quality service with integrity, respect and accountability.  With jurisdiction over the world-famous Las Vegas Strip and covering an area the size of New Jersey, Clark is the nation’s 14th-largest county and provides extensive regional services to more than 2 million citizens and 40 million visitors a year. Included are the nation’s 8th-busiest airport, air quality compliance, social services and the state’s largest public hospital, University Medical Center. The county also provides municipal services that are traditionally provided by cities to almost 900,000 residents in the unincorporated area. Those include fire protection, roads and other public works, parks and recreation, and planning and development.