The cones around the Durango exit off the 215 belong to two separate Clark County contracts on the same stretch of Beltway. Both are held by the same contractor, and their finish dates sit months apart. A third set of plans belongs to the Durango Casino & Resort next door, on a schedule of its own.
For Spanish Hills, the order matters more than any single closure. The frontage roads are due to finish first, in January. The new Durango and Sunset on-ramps follow in February and March 2027. The Beltway overlay runs through May, and the full ramp contract closes out in late June or early July. The Durango North Expansion is scheduled to open in the second half of 2027, about when the cones are due to come down.
Two contracts, one contractor, different end dates
The larger job is officially named the "CC-215 Beltway Sunset Road and Durango Drive On-Ramps," Clark County bid 607518-25. According to the county's construction notice, Las Vegas Paving holds the contract at $22,150,000. Construction started April 6, 2026, with completion estimated for July 5, 2027.
The price came in below what was first reported. In March 2026, the Las Vegas Review-Journal's Road Warrior column put the project at $24.9 million to $27.5 million and said work would start the next month. The signed contract amount replaces that range.
The second job is bid 607625-25. It covers the frontage roads, Rafael Rivera Way and Roy Horn Way, between Sunset Road and Decatur Boulevard. Las Vegas Paving holds this one too, at $14.1 million. It started May 11, 2026, and the scope includes:
- pavement rehabilitation and widening
- curbs, sidewalks and medians
- retaining walls and drainage
- streetlights and striping
Some of the Roy Horn Way work you may remember from earlier this year belonged to neither contract. On its August 4, 2026 earnings call, according to The Motley Fool's transcript, Red Rock Resorts CFO Stephen Cootey said that work was "the infrastructure connectivity into the multifamily development that is going up right next to Durango," and that it "has been since completed." The county's frontage-road contract still includes Roy Horn Way, so finished work on that street doesn't mean the street is finished.
What the ramp contract leaves behind
The work zones are temporary. These four changes are permanent, according to the county notice:
- A new Durango Drive on-ramp to the westbound 215. The Review-Journal describes it as a ramp for drivers heading south on Durango, past Ikea, onto the Beltway toward Summerlin.
- A new Sunset Road on-ramp to the eastbound 215, toward Henderson.
- A wider westbound off-ramp at Durango, with an added left-turn lane onto southbound Durango Drive. On the Red Rock call, this was the "triple left on Durango South."
- A 1-inch pavement overlay on the 215 from Durango Drive to Tropicana Avenue.
The overlay is the piece that runs last, and it covers the stretch of Beltway that runs past Spanish Hills toward Tropicana.
The order things finish
The county has published phasing for the ramp contract and a status list for both contracts. Put together, the end dates look like this:
| Piece of work | County window | Estimated finish |
|---|---|---|
| Rafael Rivera Way and Roy Horn Way frontage roads | Started May 11, 2026 | January 5 or 6, 2027 |
| Durango Drive on-ramp | April 2026 to February 2027 | February 2027 |
| Sunset Road on-ramp | June 2026 to March 2027 | March 2027 |
| 215 overlay, Durango to Tropicana | December 2026 to May 2027 | May 2027 |
| Full ramp contract closeout | Started April 6, 2026 | June 29 or July 5, 2027 |
Two finish dates appear for each contract because the county's own documents disagree by a few days. The project status list, updated September 1, 2026, shows June 29, 2027 for the ramps and January 5, 2027 for the frontage roads. The construction notices say July 5 and January 6. The county also says its cost and schedule figures are "current best estimates and are subject to change."
There is also a gap between the county's dates and Red Rock's. Red Rock said the ramp work and the added left turn were "kicking off" in June 2026. The county's phasing shows the Durango ramp starting in April and only the Sunset ramp starting in June. Either way, both sources put the end of the ramp work around mid-2027.
The overlay matters most for planning. It doesn't start until December 2026, when the frontage roads are nearly finished, so the Beltway itself picks up new work just as the side streets clear.
What this month looks like
For the week of October 12, the ramp contract's weekly restrictions sheet lists the westbound off-ramp to Durango as closed overnight, 9 p.m. to 6 a.m., on October 7, 8, 11 and 12, for underground utility work. The county lists Buffalo Drive and Russell Road as alternate off-ramps. Outside those closures, intermittent restrictions leave one lane open on the westbound off-ramp and two lanes on the Sunset Road on-ramp.
The sheet for the week of October 19 lists daytime lane restrictions only, with no full closure dates. It also notes that the speed limit in the 215 project area is down to 55 mph.
The frontage roads are busier right now. The week-of-October-12 sheet for that contract shows:
- night work from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. on Rafael Rivera Way and Roy Horn Way
- lanes reduced from two to one
- restricted access from Decatur Boulevard onto westbound Rafael Rivera Way
- 24-hour restrictions at the Jones, Rainbow and Buffalo on- and off-ramps
Buffalo is on the county's list of alternate off-ramps for Durango, and it also has around-the-clock restrictions under the frontage-road contract this week.
About the work hours
According to the ramp contract notice, crews work 5 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on weekdays from April 6 through September 30. From October 1 through March 31, hours move to 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The notice also says night work from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. may happen at various times, and that the county sends notices 72 hours before work affects nearby residents or businesses.
The week-of-October-12 sheet still lists 5 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. as daytime hours at both ramp locations. The weekly sheet is the more specific document, so it's the one to check for a given week.
The expansion on the other side of the cones
The Durango Casino & Resort's North Expansion is scheduled for the same window. On the August call, Red Rock management said the project was on track to open in the second half of 2027, with on-site and off-site infrastructure work underway.
The Review-Journal reported the project at $385 million and more than 275,000 square feet. It adds nearly 400 slots, a 36-lane bowling center, luxury movie theaters, new restaurants and food-hall outlets, and several entertainment venues.
So far, the only new venue named on the resort's North Expansion page is Moonshine Flats. It's a partnership with Good Time Design: a two-story, 29,000-square-foot space with a stage, dance floor, bars and an outdoor patio. The page lists everything else as "coming in 2027" and doesn't name any restaurant or food-hall tenants yet.
Red Rock also mentioned a separate idea for more hotel rooms and a spa at Durango. On the call, management said it was still at the design and contractor-pricing stage, with more information hoped for in early 2027. No cost or opening date was given.
That makes mid-2027 the key period for this exit. If the county's schedule holds, the new Durango on-ramp, the extra left-turn lane and the fresh Beltway surface to Tropicana will be done just before a bowling center, a theater complex and the two-story Moonshine Flats open beside them.
Who to contact, and what else is coming
Clark County Public Works lists (702) 455-6000 and [email protected] for general questions, along with the FixIt Clark County app. According to the ramp notice, the contractor will keep driveway access open within traffic-control setups and coordinate with any property whose driveway is directly affected.
Farther north, the same Review-Journal column reports that the $130 million reconfiguration of the 215 and Summerlin Parkway interchange is scheduled to finish in 2028, so trips toward Summerlin will hit construction after the Durango work is done.
Big infrastructure projects like these shape how buyers judge an address, both while construction is underway and after the new access opens. If you'd like to talk through how the Durango interchange schedule fits your plans for a Spanish Hills property in 2027, MS Luxury Homes can help. Connect with Michele.
