Drivers who frequent Mill Street in Reno are likely excited that the Mill Street Capacity and Safety Project is now complete. Construction took a little more than a year, beginning in April of 2025.
Some of the major benefits of the project included a reduction in congestion by widening the road to have multiple lanes in both directions and improving safety for pedestrians and bikers.
“If you’ve ever been on Mill Street, you know that this road can be backed up,” said Alexis Hill, the Chair of the Regional Transportation Commission of Washoe County. “In the past, that pedestrians would have a hard time negotiating, getting across the street, and it just wasn’t an attractive corridor in a way that it should have been with all of the electrical lines.”
The electrical lines were moved underground, which was a big reason for the time and the cost of the project. However, it was completed on time and on budget. All $31 million was funded entirely by tax dollars that come from the Washoe County fuel tax. $15 million alone went to the construction costs of the project…