Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman carried out her New Year’s Eve week tradition of calling on California officials to widen Interstate 15 south of the Nevada state line.
Following busy holiday weekends in Las Vegas, such as New Year’s Eve, I-15 southbound routinely backs up for miles. Goodman has made the call for widening several times over the years, usually around holiday weekends.
New Year’s Eve weekend in Las Vegas is expected to draw around 356,000 visitors.
“Welcome to all those coming to Las Vegas to celebrate and ring in 2024,” Goodman said in a post on social media platform X. “We are excited that traveling between Southern California and Las Vegas may someday include the option of high speed rail, but in the meantime California needs to widen the I-15 from Barstow to Stateline.”
