LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — A new years-long construction project is set to get underway later this summer near Downtown Las Vegas, with the goal of relieving flooding concerns along a stretch of Charleston Boulevard east of I-15 .

The section of Charleston between Maryland Parkway and the Arts District has been no stranger to road construction over the years, and this upcoming two-year $49 million project is set to tear it up again, this time to improve the area's storm drains.

VIDEO: Guy Tannenbaum brings the latest on storm drainage project near Downtown Las Vegas Next phase of Charleston storm drain project on the way this summer

Locals know Charleston is a notorious corridor for flash flooding in the central valley—cars stuck in flood waters underneath the Charleston Underpass have been

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