Starting Thursday, July 1, and continuing through July 16, there will be intermittent closures of the Stewart Avenue and Casino Center Boulevard intersection. Most of the closures will occur during the overnight hours, to lessen traffic disruptions. The work had been scheduled to start Tuesday, June 15.

The temporary closures are necessary as work on a $1.56 million sanitary sewer system rehabilitation and road reconstruction project continues.

When the closures are in effect, traffic on Stewart will be detoured to Main Street and Ogden Avenue. Casino Center traffic will be detoured to Main. Access to parking garages will be maintained via Ogden.

Traffic though the Stewart and Casino Center intersection should reopen to 24-hour access on Friday, July 16, however, construction and traffic lane restrictions will continue on Stewart.

Work on the Stewart Avenue Improvement Project started March 15, 2010, and will take approximately 12 months to complete. The project includes the removal and replacement of the sewer system and reconstruction of roadway, from the west side of Main to the east side of Fourth Street. It also includes sidewalk widening, landscaping, traffic signal upgrades at Main, the installation of a bus turnout west of Fourth, and streetlights on the north side of Stewart.

As traffic delays and disruptions can be expected, Ogden and Bonanza Road are suggested as alternate routes for east-west travel.

The Stewart Avenue Improvement Project is slated for completion in the first quarter of 2011. The contractor is Western States Contracting Inc.

The city of Las Vegas Department of Public Works is managing the project. Funding is provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), Federal Highway Administration Enhancement, Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada and the city of Las Vegas.