Five development projects totaling 322 homes have been approved on a road originally built for 20. The roads have no sidewalks, no shoulders, no bike lanes, and no secondary emergency access. This is not an isolated case — it is a pattern of how Clark County manages development.
We are not opposed to growth. We are asking Clark County to do its job: responsible development with safe infrastructure.
Cumulative impact of all five development projects on NE 174th Street
“I am requesting that Clark County commission an independent, certified traffic safety assessment of NE 174th Street and NE 40th Avenue — reviewed and approved by the Clark County Council — that certifies these roads can safely support vehicular traffic, pedestrian walking, and bicycling for 300+ homes as the sole access point to this neighborhood. No additional development should be approved until this assessment is completed, made public, and formally adopted by the Council.”
“I am asking the Council to preserve the Mill Creek Overlay District (CCC 40.250.060) and its current standards, including the 9,000 sq ft minimum lot size (Standard C.3) and the requirement for additional public road access before new development is approved (Standard C.2). This overlay was created in 2009 through two years of community engagement specifically because the area has environmental constraints and only one road in and out. The proposed upzoning to R1-7.5 would increase allowable density by 4.5 times on infrastructure the county itself recognized as inadequate in 2009. The overlay should not be weakened or bypassed through the Comprehensive Plan update.”
We are not opposed to growth. The real ask is simple: we are asking Clark County to do its job — to pursue responsible development with a genuine focus on community access, transportation safety, sidewalks, bike lanes, and adequate road infrastructure, while also protecting and preserving the environmentally sensitive areas that the county itself identified when it created the Mill Creek Overlay District. The county has the code, the authority, and the obligation. We are asking it to use them.
All five residential projects and the Mt. Vista Logistics warehouse feeding NE 174th Street and NE 50th Avenue
Six fundamental issues with how development is proceeding
Less than 20 feet wide with no sidewalks, shoulders, bike lanes, or lighting. Should be 32–36 ft for 322 homes.
County code requires secondary emergency access when more than 100 lots use a single access road. Never enforced.
Each project is evaluated in isolation. Road improvement deferrals are granted project by project.