Future Growth May Pose Challenge for LV
Could LV actually reach a population of 4 million by 2040? Accoding to Robert Lang, founding director of the Metropolitan Institute at Virginia Tech, that’s not all that far-fetched of an idea. Lang also believes that those 4 million resident will come to occupy an area that includes Mohave County in Northern Arizona and that the LV metropolitan area will come to be known as the bi-state region.
That type of growth is expected to cause more than one problem. For example, how will planners and city/state officials deal with an interstate highway system which was built in the 1950s and lacks direct links between Las Vegas and Phoenix? Or, what about the water supply? LV lacks the type of water supply that Phoenix has. Challenges like these and others could well impede LV’s continued growth if not addressed and addressed soon. Some argue that these problems may already be impacting LV’s current growth. To what extent, is still to be determined.
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