A day after the deadliest vehicle-ramming attack in the US occurred in New Orleans, it’s worth revisiting how Las Vegas responded to its own vehicle-ramming attack nine years ago. Cement bollards, installed in response to a December 2015 vehicle-ramming attack near Planet Hollywood, can be seen lining both sides of the Las Vegas Strip in this photograph. (Image: kimley-horn.com) On Dec. 20, 2015, a woman drove her 1996 Oldsmobile sedan onto the sidewalk near Paris Las Vegas, killing 32-year-old Arizona tourist Jessica Valenzuela and injuring 37 others. In response, Clark County installed cement bollards along the length of the Las Vegas Strip, from the Welcome to Las Vegas Sign north to Sahara Avenue. The 5,600 crash-rated bollards, in addition to 640 linear feet of crash-rated post and cable protection and 1,635 linear feet of concrete crash wall, were installed between 2017 and 2019, at a cost to taxpayers of more than $22 million. According to Kimley-Horn, the North Carolina engineering… Read More
Category: Crime & Scandals, Las Vegas, Lakeisha Holloway, Las Vegas Strip, Planet Hollywood, terrorism, vehicle-ramming
Source: Casino.org
