LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — "The resort corridor is fully open for business."

That is the word from NDOT Communications Director Joe Harrington as local and state officials gathered in Las Vegas Tuesday morning.

They came together to cut the ribbon on the interchange with Interstate 15 and Tropicana Avenue, a project that had been years in the making.

Watch the ribbon-cutting moment here: State and local fficials cut ribbon on I-15 and Tropicana interchange

The Tropicana interchange is one of the busiest gateways in the state, according to NDOT Director Tracey Larkin Thomason. Officials have said roughly 30,000-60,000 drivers travel through the area on a given day.

Now, after years of work and many detours, lane reductions and countless traffic cones, officials have marked the completion of

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