Las Vegas could become the crossroads of the West with a new Interstate 15 corridor study, a proposed Interstate 11 and planned connections to a high-speed rail network, a transportation expert said on Tuesday.
[Infrastructure projects] take on added importance with China’s emergence as the world’s dominant economic power.
China has invested in deep-water ports at Punta Colonet, Baja California, and Lazaro Cardenas, Michoacan, to import goods to North and Central America. Southern California ports can’t accommodate most of the new supercargo ships, Skancke said.