Labor Day traffic clogs I-15 at California-Nevada border

Motorists traveling from Las Vegas to Southern California connected Interstate 15 were facing immoderate delays Monday arsenic Labor Day play ends.

As of 4:20 p.m., determination was a 10-mile backup on Interstate 15 adjacent Primm, the Regional Transportation Commission tweeted Monday afternoon.

#FASTALERT
9/6/2021 4:20 PM
Heavy Traffic I-15 South to California
10 Mile Back-Up
Expect Long Delays

— RTC Southern Nevada (@RTCSNV) September 6, 2021

Just minutes earlier, the RTC tweeted that a clang successful the southbound lanes earlier Primm, blocking the close shoulder, was creating immoderate postulation difficulties.

The postulation nightmare connected southbound I-15 is simply a rite of transition for motorists connected vacation weekends leaving Las Vegas. But this year’s backup seems tame successful examination to past twelvemonth and caller summertime weekends.

On Labor Day successful 2020, determination was a 22-mile backup connected I-15 astatine 1:30 p.m. On July 5 earlier this summer, determination was a 20-mile backup connected I-15 astatine 2:35 p.m. And on Memorial Day, determination was a 26-mile backup connected I-15 by 10:30 a.m., according to the RTC and postulation monitoring websites.

Las Vegas tourism experts had expressed confidence that the Labor Day play would pull coagulated visitation. But determination were concerns that the calamities of COVID-19, wildfires and the aftermath of a hurricane whitethorn support immoderate radical astatine home.

Also, a spokesperson for Lake Mead National Recreation Area said the parkland appeared little crowded that accustomed connected Labor Day. The parkland usually gets astir 125,000 visitors connected a emblematic Labor Day weekend, said spokesperson Justin Pattison.