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Residents, county discuss truck routing and warehouse traffic on 88th
Summary
Residents said semi‑trucks are using 88th Street despite approvals that intended truck traffic to use 72nd; county staff said enforcement and signage options are limited and they are exploring additional signage to keep commercial traffic on the west/commercial frontage.
Residents said large trucks from nearby warehouses were using 88th Street through residential areas instead of the intended commercial route and asked county staff what could be done. David Jardine, Clark County’s traffic engineering section manager, acknowledged the issue and said the classification of 88th as a collector road limits enforcement options tied to land‑use approvals. "As a collector classified road... there's not a lot of things that we could do to prevent the truck traffic from using that collector," he said, and county staff said they are considering additional signage and other non‑regulatory measures to encourage truck drivers to use the commercial frontage and 72nd.
Residents said trucks are speeding and create safety concerns; county staff encouraged reporting and said some mitigations may require property owner cooperation or future land‑use conditions rather than immediate regulatory enforcement by the county.
Why it matters: truck routing affects noise, safety and pavement wear in residential areas and remains a neighborhood enforcement and planning issue rather than one the current public works project can fully resolve.
