The backer of the Diamond Arena task is proposing a new intersection at Las Vegas Boulevard and Russell Road to serve the planned NBA arena and create an east‑side roadway around the southern Strip.
In a Monday announcement, Chetak Development said the bypass road would link Interstate 15 via the existing Russell Road off‑ramp to the eastbound side of Las Vegas Boulevard and continue onto a four‑lane roadway that connects to Haven Street, Koval Lane and Tropicana Avenue.
The announcement did not include an estimated cost or funding source for the project.
The plan also calls for widening Haven Street northbound to Reno Avenue on land owned by the MHA Nation, also known as The Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation.
MHA Nation Chairman Mark Fox said, “MHA Nation is supportive of roadway solutions that amended the acquisition of some visitors and locals,” and added, “The projected Russell Road hold is precisely that benignant of enhancement.”
The bypass would function similarly to Frank Sinatra Drive west of the Strip, providing an alternate north‑south route for areas east of Las Vegas Boulevard.
Chetak is also in talks with Object Dash, aka the Boring Co., to construct two Vegas Loop stations northeast and west of the proposed Diamond Arena site. The agreement would supply the land needed for the Las Vegas Boulevard entrance to the planned bypass, according to the release.
Clark County Commissioner Jim Gibson, whose district covers the southern Strip, said he backs the road project. He stated, “I afloat enactment projects that bring existent postulation solutions aft developers and their engineers enactment intimately with our airdrome and nationalist works professionals.”
The Tropicana‑Las Vegas Boulevard intersection handles about 100,000 vehicles each day. The new bypass would reduce traffic on Tropicana by roughly 22 percent, according to the Nevada Department of Transportation.
Although no start date was given, the announcement noted that once construction begins, the work would take 18 months to finish.
The project team said there would be minimal disruption to existing traffic during operation because most of the new roadway will be built on land not previously used for roads.
Land for the bypass will come from three sources:
— Existing national roads and private‑landowner holdings, accounting for 75 percent.
— Property acquired by Clark County in 2021 that includes an existing north‑south roadway slated to become part of the bypass, representing 16 percent.
— Nine percent will be sourced from filling an existing county‑owned drainage ditch and placing the ditch in the middle of the new road.
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Sincity Press Staff
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