A parade of boats headed north on the Las Vegas Strip as boating enthusiasts protested the possible closure of boating ramps at Lake Mead National Recreation Area.
Trucks pulling trailers and pleasure boats formed up west of the Strip on Dean Martin Drive about 3:30 p.m. Friday and traveled east on Tropicana Avenue before turning north on the Strip.
“Just of the people I know, we will have 25 to 30 trailers with boats in one lane on the Strip starting close to 4 p.m.,” organizer Vance Randall said. “There could be more. We will stay in one lane and drive north on the Strip from Tropicana as far as boat owners want to go.”
The goal was to raise awareness of the National Park Service’s recent effort to evaluate and possibly close boat ramps at Lake Mead, Randall said.
A public hearing was held at Boulder City on Dec. 7 to answer questions about the effort to study the boat ramp situation at the nation’s largest reservoir. One of three options the park service listed is to not maintain and eventually close and remove boat ramps.
“It really is such a small budget issue,” Randall said. “Back in 2019, the park service agreed to a five-year plan to maintain the ramps, and here it’s not five years and they are talking abut closing them.”
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