{"id":512,"date":"2021-06-03T13:35:04","date_gmt":"2021-06-03T13:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iet.solutions\/?page_id=512"},"modified":"2021-06-07T12:59:07","modified_gmt":"2021-06-07T12:59:07","slug":"dec-2019-letter-to-nye-county","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iet.solutions\/en\/highways\/160-widening\/dec-2019-letter-to-nye-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Dec 2019 letter to Nye County"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Dec 2019 letter to Nye County<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Pahrump-Nevada widening of state highway 160<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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FOR:\u00a0\u00a0 December 3, 2019<\/p>

TO:\u00a0 Nye County Commissioners<\/p>

John Koenig, Chair<\/p>

Debra Strickland, Vice-Chair<\/p>

Donna Cox<\/p>

Leo Blundo<\/p>

Lorinda Wichman<\/p>

RE:\u00a0 US DOT \u201cRAISE\u201d grant to widen Highway 160 + pave ancillary streets<\/u><\/strong><\/p>

Recently announcement of projects to be awarded grants by the U.S. Department of Transportation\u2019s RAISE<\/strong> (formerly \u2018BUILD\u2019) program:<\/p>

https:\/\/www.transportation.gov\/briefing-room\/us-secretary-transportation-elaine-l-chao-announces-900-million-historic-investment<\/a><\/p>

highlight a potential source of outside funding for widening the two-lane segments of Highway 160 north and south of the commercial center.\u00a0 Widening approximately seven miles north from Basin to a point beyond Leslie Street, and six miles south from Rainbow to the splits would add up to 13 miles.\u00a0 Additionally, paving another 3.5 miles of currently unpaved streets east of the 160-372 intersection would provide an alternate route around that increasingly congested area.\u00a0 These would include:<\/p>

  1. Higley Road from Commercial Drive to East Basin<\/li>
  2. Panorama Road past Wheeler Pass to Wilson, and Oyster Street from Wilson to Wahkiakum<\/li>
  3. Crawford Way + Smart Way from the RV park to Basin.<\/li>
  4. Wheeler Pass Road from Wilson Road to Higley<\/li>
  5. Wilson Road also needs to be reconstructed from Crawford to Wheeler Pass Road<\/li><\/ol>

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    All told this would involve approximately 33 lane miles as illustrated on the attached two graphics. With no right of way to acquire or environmental impacts to assess, I believe this is doable for the maximum $25 million federal contribution + another $5 million match from the state.\u00a0 Proximity to so many local sources of aggregate and asphalt should lower construction costs.\u00a0 I am appreciative for NDOT\u2019s investment of roughly $100 million in 160 improvements over the past four years, but the route needs to be built out within Pahrump for the sake of safety, and to accommodate future growth.\u00a0 The multiplier effect of this big infusion of federal money would quickly repay state coffers with increased sales, business and employment taxes.<\/p>

    This is a \u201cshovel-ready\u201d project and so fits the criteria as a RAISE project.\u00a0 Our County Public Works Department should take the lead and then enlist NDOT\u2019s expertise with finessing the grant application.\u00a0 Deadline will be July 15, 2020, which may be the last year of this program with either a new Congress or administration in 2021.\u00a0 So let\u2019s go for it!<\/p>

    Sincerely,<\/p>

    Bill Stremmel<\/p>

    Pahrump, NV\u00a0 89048<\/p>

    email:\u00a0 bstremmel@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>

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    jkoenig@co.nye.nv.us<\/a><\/p>

    dlstrickland@co.nye.nv.us<\/a><\/p>

    coxdonnac@msn.com<\/a><\/p>

    lfblundo@co.nye.nv.us<\/a><\/p>

    lawichman@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Dec 2019 letter to Nye County Pahrump-Nevada widening of state highway 160 FOR:\u00a0\u00a0 December 3, 2019 TO:\u00a0 Nye County Commissioners John Koenig, Chair Debra Strickland, Vice-Chair Donna Cox Leo Blundo Lorinda Wichman RE:\u00a0 US DOT \u201cRAISE\u201d grant to widen Highway 160 + pave ancillary streets Recently announcement of projects to be awarded grants by the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":43,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-512","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iet.solutions\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iet.solutions\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iet.solutions\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iet.solutions\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iet.solutions\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=512"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/iet.solutions\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/512\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":525,"href":"https:\/\/iet.solutions\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/512\/revisions\/525"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iet.solutions\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/43"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iet.solutions\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}