Henderson-LV route to be discussed

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Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2005 | 9:31 a.m.

The Regional Transportation Commission will hold the first of four public meetings tonight to address a possible fixed guideway system that would link Henderson, Las Vegas and North Las Vegas.

The RTC in September formed a steering committee to study the possible 33-mile route to make a recommendation about potential alternatives to the agency. The committee will study four technologies -- two forms of light rail and two diesel bus systems -- before it makes its recommendation.

If approved by the RTC, the new system would run from the Nevada State College at Henderson to downtown Las Vegas and could be completed by 2008. A second phase, which officials have predicted could be finished by 2014, would extend the route from downtown to a planned UNLV satellite campus in North Las Vegas.

Tonight's meeting will be held from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Silver Springs Recreation Center at 1951 Silver Springs Parkway in Henderson. Presentations from RTC consultants are also scheduled at 5:30 and 7 p.m.