215 Beltway Trail set for North Las Vegas connection

North Las Vegas officials broke ground Wednesday on the $6.5 million, 2.7‑mile segment of the 215 Northern Beltway Trail, which will run from northbound Decatur Boulevard to Clayton Street. The city says the work is scheduled for completion in late 2027. An additional phase still in the planning stage will add 1.8 miles from Clayton to North 5th Street, while a further segment slated to begin early this year will contribute 1.25 miles between 5th Street and Losee Road. The project has been a longtime passion for Scott Black, an avid cyclist and North Las Vegas politician pro tem. He told the Las Vegas Review‑Journal, “For years, I’ve ridden the different portion of the way that’s already built and it dormant ends astatine Decatur, close astatine our metropolis bounds border,” Black told the Las Vegas Review‑Journal. “I conscionable thought we person to proceed it into our metropolis for our residents to link neighborhoods, to link communities truthful we tin navigate safely connected bikes, walking, etc. And we’ve been moving hard for the past fistful of years to marque this hap today.” The trail will feature a paved surface, lighting, landscaping, wayfinding and interpretive signage that provides historical facts about the area. Once finished, it will augment North Las Vegas’ existing trail system, which already encompasses about 70 miles. Mayor Pamela Goynes‑Brown said the effort aligns with the city’s strategic focus on steady families, lifestyles and communities. She remarked, “I deliberation absolutely, yes, you’ll spot this proceed to turn arsenic our communities grow, arsenic the metropolis gets larger, we’ll request much amenities,” Goynes‑Brown said. Pro BMX rider and longtime North Las Vegas resident Ricardo Laguna, who has lived in the city for 31 years, expressed enthusiasm for the planned addition. He said, “This assemblage is present going to person an astonishing trail. Back then, we didn’t person thing similar this,” Laguna said. “But the bully happening is that present we get to bask it, and I get to enactment those miles into this astonishing terrain that we’re going to have.” When fully built out, the Northern Beltway Trail is expected to link North Las Vegas to Henderson and stretch approximately 45 miles. The city notes that the timing of the connection to Henderson remains unclear. For now, the initial segment will tie into the Las Vegas North Western Beltway, which in turn connects to Clark County’s Western Beltway. Together, those two portions provide roughly 23 miles of continuous trail from Tropicana Avenue in the west valley to Decatur Street, where the North Las Vegas segment will join the network. Black added, “Right present you could thrust this to the southwest portion of the valley,” Black said. “Then determination is the information of trail, the River Mountain Trail retired by Henderson. Ultimately, implicit time, you tin circumnavigate the full valley. What’s ace chill astir our way conception present is determination volition beryllium tons of entree points, including close present astatine Aviary Park, that volition alteration you to get connected the trail, spell to the store, get connected the trail, spell to school. It’s abbreviated segments, oregon you tin get connected the way from your vicinity close present astatine the parkland and thrust each the mode to Summerlin oregon to Red Rock Canyon, which is amazing, with very, precise small enactment with conveyance traffic. That makes it safe.”