Letter: Traffic construction doesn't make sense

I'm writing this letter after a Sunday night of having my home pounded by heavy road equipment from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. The state, not the city or county, was putting in another turn lane on Valley View Boulevard onto West Sahara Avenue. The project was completed after road was torn up for a week.

During this week right beside our home on San Angelo Avenue we had to listen to every truck and car that went over the ledge left by the lanes being unlevel.

This created a sound like a small explosion every time a large truck hit this unlevel area of the pavement. It rattled our home so hard that it knocked pictures crooked on the wall.

On Friday I called to see who was doing this job. Though everyone was very quick to call me back, I talked to the gentleman who was the state supervisor on the job. He informed me that my problem would be solved Sunday night.

Little did I know it was just beginning. They started the job about 9 p.m. and continued until 5 a.m.

Just when you would drop off to sleep, a steamroller rolled down the newly laid asphalt and shook the house as if there was an earthquake.

I realize this town is growing and a lot of the construction on major highways needs to be done at night, but I would expect this to be done in a residential section during the day, regardless of the traffic it disturbed. This would not be done in Summerlin or The Lakes or Spanish Hills.

Why does this town and state do this to middle-class, working citizens, who happen to be so unlucky to have bought a home more than 17 years ago on a busy street? I know the project is completed now, but I don't think someone else should have to be subjected to this kind of mental and physical abuse.

The city told me that there are restrictions on the time this work can be done. Why doesn't the state have to adhere to the same regulations?

I can't figure out why the state was doing this job in the first place in the middle of the city on a city street.

Rae Nell Krusen

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