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Nov. 11, 2009
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Stimulus funds to pay for Lake Mead road work

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The U.S. Interior Department will spend $16.7 million in stimulus funds to improve roads at Lake Mead National Recreation Area in Southern Nevada.

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced Monday that work will begin this month on Lakeshore Road and Northshore Road under a contract with Las Vegas Paving Corp.

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    • The project includes widening, safety repairs and repaving 17.5 miles of road from Redstone to the Overton boundary line. Salazar says the project will finish improvements to a 60-mile long lakeside corridor four years ahead of schedule.

    Nevada Commission on Tourism official Connie Mancillas says future plans call for applying for state scenic byway designation for the route.

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    Ian wrote on November 11, 2009 12:01 PM: Why are they getting a STIMULUS?? What is happening to the Money we are paying at the gates to enter the Lake??Come-On Harry!!


    Ken wrote on November 11, 2009 08:28 AM: How many jobs were created for this project or is this a matter of the government, once again, telling us a job saved = a job created.


    Too_much_government wrote on November 11, 2009 08:17 AM: Political patronage. How much money does LVP contribute (ie legal bribery) to the Reids?


    watgus wrote on November 11, 2009 08:13 AM: I hope jobs created from stimulus money employ only American citizens. Is anyone checking up on this?


    Bob wrote on November 11, 2009 05:39 AM: I am glad the contract went to Las Vegas Paving, and not Wells Cargo (MLK Fiasco). WC would have taken 20 years to pave the 17.5 miles.