From. National Transportation Research group trip released to findings on the driving conditions here in las vegas. In it it reads across the state 3. 2 billion are spent by nevada drivers as a whole every single year. Broken down, that number equates to over 1,700 annually per driver. And the report goes on to pinpoint safety conditions as traffic as the main reason. The numbers are obviously high. Its important to know that most drivers are not spending just repairs. So to back up the findings trip says the largest portion of that amount, about 1,000, is actually cal caw lateed from the cost of time local drivers spent while waiting in traffic every single year and that is total of about 46 hours. When it comes to the roads driving conditions, trip pulled a stat from the federal Highway Administration turned over by ndot on the smoothness of local poor or mediocre condition. One of every three miles is beat up and its giving your car a rough ride and thats what contributes to the hig
Breaking news a water main break has damaged hampton. And it also disrupted business for some companies in the area. Crews shut down both directions of west mercury boulevard between saville row and Cunningham Drive tonight. Thats where we find 10 on your sides liz kilmer. Liz, whats the status of the repairs . Tom, nicole still ongoing but traffic is now moving in both directions. The water main break actually occurred on the median here and water shot towards the west bound lanes where workers were left with a mess to clean up. Right now theyre working on repairs. Take a look at this we got a close up look at see the mess in the road, water, mud, gravel, lots of damage. That was cleaned up shortly after 9. About a dozen businesses are without water we went to some of them. Dennys, mcdonalds, all had to close early tonight. This is a back. Then, repairs will likely continue. Hampton public works will also be concern of ice, once this coming to the scene dealing with the concern of ice
A light drizzle fell over West Point Cemetery in Norfolk Saturday as community members gathered to honor Black Civil War soldiers for Military Appreciation Month.