LAS VEGAS - Ruth asks why Rampart Boulevard is full of construction cones between Alta Drive and Lake Mead Boulevard.

In August, the City of Las Vegas kicked off a new sewer project in this area. By summer of next year, motorists will be driving over a new 24-inch pipeline.

This $12 million project will occur in five phases. Phase one included adding a sewer bypass at Lake Mead while crews worked along Rampart between Lake Mead and Hillpointe Road. Crews restriped and patched that stretch.

Since October 23, crews have worked near Rampart and Vegas Drive. In February and March, drivers can expect delays near Summerlin Parkway on and off ramps. Construction cones will remain along Rampart as the project pushes farther south.

Drivers can take Buffalo Drive as an alternate route.

The City of Las Vegas has done a great job updating Traffic8 on this project, and Traffic8 will monitor it each step of the way.

 LAS VEGAS -- Bail was set at $200,000 for the 19-year-old driver in a deadly rollover crash that on Summerlin Parkway Sunday morning.

Marcelo Zavala, Jr. made his first appearance in Las Vegas Justice Court Wednesday morning. Charges won't be filed against him until the state receives his DUI test results.

Zavala is facing charges of DUI resulting in death, involuntary manslaughter, DUI with substantial bodily harm, possession of drug paraphernalia, driving without a valid driver's license and unsafe lane change.

He was the driver of the SUV when it crashed around 5 a.m. One of his passengers, 19-year-old Steven Alexander Salas-Limon, was killed and three other people were taken to the hospital, including one who suffered critical injuries.

His next court appearance is scheduled for Nov. 10.

A fire overnight seriously damaged a home in the Lakes area of the city and a couple was lucky to escape, barely making it out of the home in time.

According to the Clark County Fire Department, the fire started just after 1:30 a.m. Friday at a home near Desert Inn and Ft. Apache roads.

The man told firefighters that he had woken up because he felt like someone was choking him. When he awoke, he realized the bedroom was filling with thick black smoke, which was making choke. He woke up his wife and they ran from the home.

The man went back into the house to try to get a cat but he couldn’t see because of the smoke.

When firefighters arrived, very heavy flames were coming out of the three-car garage and two-story wood frame house. The fire was extremely intense, but crews had it under control in less than ten minutes.

The cause of the fire was not determined, but it did destroy two cars and heavily damage the house.