Coyote Springs put on hold for now

Development in metropolitan Las Vegas is pushing in all directions, along the cactus-dotted desert floor and up and over craggy foothills and mountains surrounding it. When about 5,000 to 6,000 people move here every month there has to be housing and services for them, but as developable and reasonably-priced land is becoming increasingly scarce, the city is logically forced to spread further out.

A few years ago another master-planned community was announced straight up north about 60 miles from town, way out in the high desert, named Coyote Springs. It's a 40,000 acre spread that'll hold 159,000 homes one day and will have thousands of acres reserved for parks, trails and nature sanctuaries. According to the primary builder, the project is outlined to be "sustainable and environmentally responsible".

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