More chain-link fence is being added to more than a mile of Boulder Highway as area officials look to further deter jaywalkers from crossing the dangerously busy roadway. The 6,000-foot project in the median of Boulder Highway between Desert Inn and Flamingo roads follows the initial installation of 1,500 feet of fence in 2024 between Flamingo and Nellis Boulevard. That earlier work saw pedestrian deaths fall from an average of five per year before the fence was erected to zero over the past two years, according to Metropolitan Police Department southeast area command Capt. Jeff Clark. “This is a part of the valley that gets neglected often when it comes to policing and other things,” Clark said. “That was not acceptable to me to see the death and the destruction that I was having along Boulder Highway. So, this is government in action.” ‘It’s scary’ This year there have been nine crashes involving pedestrians on Boulder Highway, Clark said. “You drive here at night, and it’s scary,” Clark said.…