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Friday, June 17, 2011 | 11:03 a.m.
Sun Coverage
CARSON CITY – The drive to build a $400 million toll road around Boulder City has taken another step forward.
Gov. Brian Sandoval today signed Senate Bill 506, requiring the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada to find a private company or individual that would finance the project.
The state Department of Transportation already has spent $7 million in preliminary planning for the project, which would be Nevada’s only toll road.
Sen. Joe Hardy, R-Boulder City, who has pushed for the project, said thousands of workers would be hired for the job. He said he has been approached by two private companies that might be interested in financing the project.
The bill, passed in the final hours of the Legislature, would require at least 50 percent of workers and design professionals to have Nevada driver's licenses. All vehicles used would need to be registered in Nevada and at least 25 percent of material suppliers must be based in Nevada.
The bill also changes the law on the amount school districts must keep in reserve to avoid a default in issuing construction bonds.
Current law says a full year of reserves must be held. The bill says Clark and Washoe counties will be required to retain 25 percent in reserve to cover principal and interest payments for one year.
The bill was sought by Washoe County, which would be able to use the freed-up cash for more construction on schools.
Yea this is a bad idea. Don't agree with this one at all. This road was going to be paid for by the feds as part of the bridge project and should have been done then. It would have been paid for by the feds. The bypass was blocked by.....u guessed it. Boulder City.
How much of the toll will go to the private private company or individual and how much will come back to the state for the millions of dollars they have already spent on the planning, land, etc., or is this just another government giveaway?
Raises taxes, cut programs to feed poor kids, now toll roads.
This is stupid because many trucks will avoid the toll road because it "time stamps" when they were there, possibly creating log book discrepancies.
They built a bypass around Wickenburg AZ, now that town permanently lost business.
http://www.wickenburg-az.com/2009/10/the...
And I quote Alexis de Tocqueville saying, "in every democracy, the people get the government they deserve".
Sounds like a certain members of a certain will definitely benefit from the Boulder City Bypass Toll Road. Yep, thousands in the heavy construction business, got those nice palaces and hungry families to care for, had to hit up the new Gov for a little favor.
We all know where this road is going....