There will be a meeting of the Protectors of Tule Springs on Weds., Oct. 10th 15th.
WHAT: Protectors of Tule Springs Meeting
WHERE: Conference Room in the Sun City Aliante Community Center at 7390 Aliante Parkway, North Las Vegas, NV
WHEN: Wednesday, October 10th 15th, 6:30pm
Seating is limited. Please RSVP to protectorsoftulesprings@gmail.com.
Agenda:
1. Maps of the BLM land in question and the resources they are trying to save.
2. Maps of the impact of the proposed Sheep Mountain Parkway to this BLM land.
3. What has happened the last 18 months Protectors of Tule Springs has been a group
4. What the draft decision might mean to our efforts.
Back in July, Jill DeStefano, the prez of the Protectors, went to some meetings on the Sheepdip Parkway to Nowhere, and noted the following:
Some interesting items found out:
1. The 215 is scheduled to be completed as a 2 lane in each direction highway by 2013. However it is designed with the right of ways to be FOUR lanes in each direction.
2. The Cities are basing all of this
NEED on the fact that Apex will have 40,000 jobs in 30 years and UNLV
will be open and of course, everyone working for these places will be
coming from the Western part of town. I guess they won't allow people
who work in Henderson and Eastern LV to work there. The fact that a
four lane highway with an HOV lane might handle it doesn't seem to
cross any of their minds.
NEED on the fact that Apex will have 40,000 jobs in 30 years and UNLV
will be open and of course, everyone working for these places will be
coming from the Western part of town. I guess they won't allow people
who work in Henderson and Eastern LV to work there. The fact that a
four lane highway with an HOV lane might handle it doesn't seem to
cross any of their minds.
3. Yesterday's RJ had the article in
it about the RTC now implementing "express" bus routes for people up
here to get quickly to the resort corridor without a million bus stops
and using the HOV lanes. Of course, with gas prices, this is a
tremendous idea. But, no one in the meeting seemed to want to grasp
that maybe 30 years from now, when needed, the RTC might be able to do
the same thing to APEX and/or UNLV using HOV lanes on the 215!!!!!.
Their own facts show that in the next few years (10 or so) that there
will be 120,000 new jobs on the Strip resort corridor. Hmmmmmmmmm,
maybe we should be spending our money worrying about that and do the
North 5th street bit with Park n rides along that for the RTC. I think
that is a North/South direction.
it about the RTC now implementing "express" bus routes for people up
here to get quickly to the resort corridor without a million bus stops
and using the HOV lanes. Of course, with gas prices, this is a
tremendous idea. But, no one in the meeting seemed to want to grasp
that maybe 30 years from now, when needed, the RTC might be able to do
the same thing to APEX and/or UNLV using HOV lanes on the 215!!!!!.
Their own facts show that in the next few years (10 or so) that there
will be 120,000 new jobs on the Strip resort corridor. Hmmmmmmmmm,
maybe we should be spending our money worrying about that and do the
North 5th street bit with Park n rides along that for the RTC. I think
that is a North/South direction.
One can only wonder why Clark bothered to build the 215.
And it looks like Harry Reid's working on money for that UNLV extension over in Casino Alley and the weapons range. (RJ)
APEX/KAPEX/TAMPEX/WHATEVER is already sucking up your tax dollars.
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