By james art 
To get to his job at the Taho-Reno Industrial Center (TRIC), Waine Marvin would melt from his home at Spanish springs near Vista Drive, through sparks, to the Interstate 80, where he would meet increasing congestion. As the only corridor of the growing industrial park, there were various challenges that made the trip unpredictable and disappointing, from current construction projects to increased school traffic.
On a good day, his trip took about 45 minutes, but he was often more than an hour or more.
Marvin has been working by USA Parkway for more than five years, and during this time he noticed the rapid growth of the area, which led to a significant increase in the volume of vehicles on the road. After working for 10-12 hours every day, Marvin also encounters heavy congestion on the way home. Once he had enough time to eat, a shower and put his children in bed.
“I was completely exhausted and left with just enough time to sleep before I did it again,” Marvin said. “This type of routine is not just exhausting – it’s dangerous.”
Marvin said that drivers deprived of sleep on the road pose a serious danger. Then there are rotating and ice roads during the winter months and fires causing closure or late summer delays. These unpredictable factors make the trip to a trick stressful and unreliable.
“An alternative route is something that desperately needs our area, especially with the current challenges of movement,” Marvin said.
Local planners work to deal with this problem. Last fall, the Nevada Ministry of Transport received federal funding to add additional travel sails, expand the shoulders, reconstruct bridges and lay new flooring between Vista Blvd. and USA Parkway. Sparks Ed Lawson Mayor believes that an artery of the Reno-Sparks area to USA Parkway is no longer feasible.
“It’s just a dangerous path for the amount of traffic that is on it today,” Lawson said. “Access to USA Parkway and the Tahoe-Uno Industrial Center of the I-80 was a challenge.”
That is why employees are now advocating for the construction of a new road, probably one, funded by a fee. If that happens, it will be the only way for tolls in the state.
The road taxi process began last August, when Sparks employees adopted a resolution for the introduction and sponsoring of legislation in the current legislative body of Nevada, which will develop another corridor into the expanding employment, connecting Avenue La Posada in Spanish Springs to the USA Parkwork. Advertised as a demonstration project, it will test Nevada tolerance to the road. Nevada 61 Assembly will allow the RTC to build and finance a new route through the Toll collection. The bill is specific to this route and would not allow other roadways in the country.
“This project aims to reduce the congestion of the Interstate 80, which is the only major route to the large industrial park in Storey County,” Lawson said. Sparks City staff introduced the AB 61 of the Assembly Growth and Infrastructure Committee last week.
This two -tape corridor will tour the National Pah RAH conservation zone, east of sparks, and comes with an expected price of over $ 500 million, funded through road taxes collections. Longson said some TRIC -based companies have offered to pay for quick gaps for their workers, deflecting some of the taxpayers’ costs.
“We do not know if this project will be pencil as a road taxes or exclusively as a road taxi, but we cannot justify the spending of taxpayers dollars to find out when it is not currently legal under the Nevada law,” said the assistant manager of the city town of Alison McCormik.
This bill will essentially identify the possibility of a road fee. Having a fee would give the city and indicate a new way of dealing with severe growing pain, and Lawson believes that travel time will be cut half for people traveling from Spanish springs. A similar project happened in Boulder City, Nev. In 2011, however, this project received federal funding after breaking down and the fee never took place.
For Nevada, road taxes are not new. Lawson said more than 117 roads have been built through North Nevada, focused around Comstock Lode.
“I suppose your new Comstock Lode today is the technology industry that exists in Storey County,” he said during the same hearing.
The Nevada Ministry of Transport costs about $ 1.4 billion a year. Longson said $ 300 million from this budget went to the DMV and Nevada highway patrol (about $ 260 million, according to the Nevada Ministry), with another $ 1 billion going on roads.
“We are in the possibilities phase,” said RTC Public Information Officer Josh Maccartsn. “This is before, we have even looked at a contractor before we have a 30% design and he is looking for proposed project scope.”
RTC currently considers this project as a regular road enterprise and does not take into account the aspect of the fee. While the project includes a maintenance forecast, in 40 years, it will fall on RTC, Washoe, Sparks and Reno County to understand how to maintain it, Lawson’s problem and employees are hit later.
“The severity of congestion and incidence of accidents on the I-80 between Vista and USA Parkway Boulevard has set the area of our radar to need exploring alignment to start ways to improve travelers’ access and first respondents,” Maceachern said.
Before the State Committee on Growth and Infrastructure of the State Legislator of Nevada last Tuesday, Loson stated the case and the need for a new route to TRIC. He said that 80% of the people who work in the trick live in Renault and sparks. Of these 80%, four out of five people live north of the I-80.
RTC is looking for funding from various sources, including federal dollars, discretion of grants, financing of formulas, fuel tax funds, public-private partnerships or through paid driving fees. Although the public had no chance to comment, RTC plans to gather public insight.
“I think the main goal of the road is still essentially to finance the construction of the road,” McCchen said.
Assembly member Jill Dickman asked how people would reach La Posada, located in the northeast corner of Spanish Springs, north of the Golden Eagle Park. Lawson predicts that RTC and Sparks are currently negotiating with the Reno-Sparks Indian colony to put a way from Lemmon Valley Drive to the Pyramid Highway. Both corridors would connect the northern half of the Renault-Sparx region with TRIC. This project depends on the Federal Land Bill, which Senator Jackie Rosen presented to the Congress earlier this month.
Marvin believes that the road can be a viable solution to reduce congestion in the northern Nevada, especially the workforce that travels to the trick. For him, the success of the road depends on the price of the fee and how employees use the revenue from road fees.
“It must be accessible and profitable to everyday travelers. We are already living in an economy where the costs are high and there is no point in burdening community members with too high fees for tolls, just to get a more efficient route, “he said.
Marvin added that transparency and accountability will be necessary for the workforce that travels to the trick.
“I am not an expert in politics, but I know that many businesses in our area have received tax breaks as incentives to move here. It would be ideal for these companies to contribute in some way to the construction and maintenance of road roads or an alternative route, “he said.
Marvin feels that placing the financial burden on the three -way labor would be unfair. He recalls the extra stress of the trip and his fee on his life, saying that this has become unstable and is why he changed work. This approach would ease the financial tensions of travelers, while ensuring that companies investing in our community are actively contributing to its growth and sustainability. Marvin’s fluctuations were voiced by community members who spoke in the hearing of the committee.
“I would like to respect some of the things said by Mayor Loson,” said Matthew Wilki, who speaks in opposition during the hearing. “Unless there is a correction of a bill that says these companies [Tesla, Panasonic, Switch, etc.] We will pay for this, we will pay for it at the end of the day. “
Olivia Tanager, director of Sierra Club’s toiabe head, coincides with these objections to the road.
“I know that today we have heard that businesses may give people a pass to pay for roads, and wouldn’t it be great if they just just paid a fund that instead went for public transport?” Tanager asked.
Although the road taxi corridor will include the intersection of wildlife deer for the mule deer, environmental impact on another road fees can be manifested in future congestion, especially what Lawson said could be the addition of 50,000 jobs. As more and more people are moving to the area for what Lawson is coming out as the new Lode Comstock, urban planning and RTC must be creative in the construction of transport infrastructure to avoid the bust cycle familiar with the economic boom.
“There is a feasibility study to look at potential rails for Reno/Sparks to TRIC,” says Josh McCecher with RTC.
Maceachern pointed out AB 256, which was introduced into the legislation of Nevada, which would create a working group for the study of light rail solutions in the cities of Clark and Washo. With increased buse riding, Vanpool, Smart Trips and pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure improvements, Maceacher said RTC is already reducing the valley congestion and hopes to see where the study around the next few years is visible. Local groups have identified the light railway line as a climate -friendly approach to solve many problems in the north of Nevada, as reported It’s RenoS
“While the road has the potential to make a significant difference in congestion reduction,” says Marvin, “His success depends on careful planning, fair pricing and a clear commitment to using the means to improve our paths and communities.”