Bob McKenzie
Bob McKenzie
Sportscaster known for his covering of ice hockey in Canada for The Sports Network. He joined the network in 1986.
ProfessionSportscaster
Date of Birth16 August 1956
CityToronto, Canada
sports media sprinkles
If I were the commissioner of all sports media, the one change I would make is to sprinkle a little niceness and civility across our industry. Just a touch.
brother beer differences
People can tell what's in beer, eh? Like my brother can tell the difference between beers by what his burps taste like.
road traveled
There are a lot of considerations, especially on a road that is as traveled as I-15.
along caused concerns edge growing increased planned population rainbow traffic
The increased traffic caused by the growing population in Pahrump. You have increased development along the corridor, around Mountain's Edge (master planned community). You have the construction concerns between Rainbow (Boulevard) and I-15.
alternate automobile expect less normally traffic truck trucks
There was a lot of truck traffic. You don't expect trucks to use alternate routes. But there was a lot less automobile traffic than you'd normally see there.
debated effort raise whether
It was debated whether to continue, but now there's an all-out effort to raise awareness.
bid design project
In a project like this, there is a design time. There are considerations to be made with engineering. You go through the design process, then the bid process, then the construction.
drive hoping limit people reduced seem speed stretch strictly
People seem to drive at their own speed sometimes. So the new speed limit will be strictly enforced. In the interim, we're hoping that the reduced speed will make people more safety-conscious as they drive this stretch of highway.
bridge taking traffic
Just the traffic volumes. It's something our bridge inspectors are taking a look at.
decided engineers problems reducing state taken
State engineers have taken a look at it and decided what we'd do to alleviate some of the problems we have there by reducing it to 45 mph.
absolutely certain charges days hours maybe months weeks
This is just the beginning. This isn't going to take days or hours to complete, this is going to take weeks and maybe even months to complete. And I think you can be absolutely certain more charges are going to be laid.
determine planning safest speed study
We're planning to do another speed study to determine the safest speed on that highway.
avoid best boulevard judgment local primary roads route serve vegas
We need locals to use the north-south roads that serve them best. If you're a local and have a better route to avoid some of the congestion, use your best judgment. Of course, Las Vegas Boulevard is the primary north-south route.
course next number
U.S. 95 is going to have a number of closures over the course of the next year. This is the real McCoy.