Clark County Public Works told the West Highlands Neighborhood Association that it will launch a Neighborhood Traffic Management Program, or NTMP, in 2026 funded initially with $250,000 for traffic-calming measures and $250,000 to hire two staff to run the program.

“This program is set to go live in 2026 to try and help out the neighborhoods and local streets,” David Jardine, traffic engineering section manager for Clark County Public Works, said during the association’s meeting. Jardine and Steve Gallup, the county’s traffic safety division manager, presented the program and answered residents’ questions.

County staff said the NTMP is a systematic, countywide effort to address speeding, cut-through traffic and other neighborhood safety concerns on local and residential roads. “It combines education, enforcement and engineering — the three E’s,” Gallup said, describing the program’s mix of sheriff’s office enforcement coordination, data collection and physical traffic-calming tools.

Under the proposed process, residents are asked to work through their neighborhood associations to submit lists of candidate roadways during an annual application window the county plans to open each January through March. Staff will collect speed and volume data, crash history and other metrics, prioritize projects using a scoring matrix, then return to neighborhoods with recommended mitigations for community input before implementation.

Staff identified low- and mid-cost tools that the NTMP will use, including speed-feedback signs, targeted signing and striping, optical speed bars, traffic circles, curb extensions, raised crosswalks, speed humps or cushions, median and pedestrian refuge islands, and rectangular rapid-flashing beacons (RRFBs). Gallup said stop signs and traffic signals are out of scope for the NTMP because those devices require separate thresholds and processes; the county is instead prioritizing roundabouts and other lower-signal solutions where appropriate.

Program staff described expected limits and early goals: the county set $250,000 for mitigation work in the program’s first year, and an additional $250,000 to fund two full-time positions to manage applications, data collection and community engagement. “We’ve got a total budget for these types of mitigations of $250,000,” Jardine said, adding the other $250,000 is intended for staff. County presenters said they aim to have “something on the ground by the end of next year” and to repeat the process in 2027.

Marilyn McCall, neighborhood program coordinator in the county manager’s office, said the county will offer application workshops to help neighborhoods prepare submissions. “I have heard from several of the neighborhoods that they'd like to have a workshop in January to help fill out these applications and have some of the public works people help them fill out applications,” McCall said.

County staff also described operational details residents asked about: if a project is not selected in a given year, neighborhoods must reapply in subsequent cycles because the county collects fresh data each year for prioritization; homeowners associations and residents may submit requests but staff encouraged consolidated lists from neighborhood associations; and enforcement partners such as the sheriff’s office will be used for targeted patrols when available.

Presenters said the NTMP will initially emphasize modest, quickly implementable measures to maximize the number of projects completed with limited funds and reduce repeat calls for service. Staff also said future, more complex tools such as automated enforcement cameras are being discussed but are not currently funded or established within the program.

The presenters asked for association volunteers to form traffic committees and offered to remain after the meeting to answer specific neighborhood questions and collect contact details for follow-up.