Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg joins workers to break ground on Maryland Parkway Bus Rapid Transit construction project. (Photo: Jeniffer Solis/Nevada Current)
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg joined Nevada elected officials to break ground Monday on a $378 million construction project designed to create more efficient, frequent, and speedier bus transit on one of the busiest corridors in Southern Nevada.
Earlier this year, Clark County was awarded nearly $150 million in federal funding for the 13-mile Maryland Parkway Bus Rapid Transit project between the Harry Reid International Airport and the Las Vegas Medical District in the north.
On Monday, Buttigieg joined the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada (RTC) and members of Nevada’s congressional delegation — including U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, U.S. Reps. Dina Titus, Susie Lee and Steven Horsford — at the Boulevard Mall to mark the beginning of construction.
The project will expand transit service, reduce wait times for transit riders on Maryland Parkway, enhance transit shelters, and create wider sidewalks and pedestrian crossings.