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Clark County's draft ADA transition plan flags hundreds of miles of missing sidewalks and thousands of curb-ramp issues
Summary
County planners presented a draft ADA transition plan reporting a large inventory of accessibility deficiencies: visual inspections show thousands of curb ramps and over two million linear feet (roughly 400+ miles) of missing sidewalks countywide; staff said the county will treat ramps and missing sidewalks as capital projects and will seek grants and planning-level cost estimates for the 20-year capital facilities plan.
Michael Sales, a Clark County planner, presented the county's draft ADA transition plan at a planning commission work session on April 16, outlining inspection results, costs and next steps to address accessibility gaps in unincorporated areas.
The findings: Sales said visual-inspection compliance counts for curb ramps and other features were included in staff materials and pointed to a large inventory of deficiencies. He said the visual inspection (2019) identified "two plus million" linear feet of missing sidewalk across the unincorporated county, which he described as "a little bit over 400 miles," and that some curb-ramp counts were listed as compliant (4,289) while the remainder have deficiencies. Staff emphasized the different scopes of the sidewalk estimates: Poisoner's…
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