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LAS VEGAS-The Hoover Dam Bypass opens in a few years anddevelopers in Northwestern Arizona are ready to capitalize on it.The Mardian family, which already has approvals for a 63,000-homemaster-planned community in Arizona's White Hills, 60 milessoutheast of Downtown Las Vegas, has listed for $29 million 947acres along Highway 93 around Pierce Ferry Road, the route to thenew Grand Canyon skywalk.

In addition to being tourist route to the Grand Canyon, Highway93 is a key portion of the CanaMex Corridor, a route that is beingupgraded for use as a main trade route connecting Mexico, the USand Canada. When the Hoover Dam Bypass is complete in 2010 or 2011,the time it takes to drive from White Hills to Downtown Las Vegas,which is more than an hour now, will be reduced by 30 minutes ormore, making the trip not a whole lot longer than commuting to theLas Vegas Strip from Summerlin, a master planned community on theWestern edge of the Las Vegas Valley.