Project Information
Project Background

I-15 Northeast Corridor Study
Regional Fixed Guideway Feasibility Study
North 5th Street Corridor Study
North Fifth Street Transit Supportive Concept Plan

The North 5th Street Corridor is centrally located within the City of North Las Vegas . Like most north-south arterials in the City of North Las Vegas, North 5th Street is discontinuous and in a tumultuous state of development as vacant undeveloped land within the Corridor is actively converted to a variety of private and public uses.

I-15 Northeast Corridor Study

The I-15 Northeast Corridor Study, prepared by the Nevada Department of Transportation in 2002, recommended that North 5th Street be extended across the I-15 Freeway Corridor to provide a continuous north-south arterial street extending from the urban core of the Cities of North Las Vegas and Las Vegas to the Northern Beltway.

The I-15 Northeast Corridor Study identified several shortcomings of the existing transportation system in providing for the long term travel demand in the City of North Las Vegas. These included:

• the need to increase the capacity of the north-south arterial street system;
• the need to provide additional crossings of I-15; and,
• the need to provide an enhanced transit system.

Accordingly, the NDOT Study recommended that North 5 th Street become one of three arterial streets, the other two being Martin L. King Boulevard/Camino Al Norte and Lamb Boulevard, which would extend continuously across the Northern Valley, providing an alternate to I-15 and sewing the future transportation needs of the City of North Las Vegas.

According to the NDOT Study, by extending the road across I-15, North 5th Street would provide the only north-south crossing of I-15 directly linking the growing areas northwest of I-15 to the City of North Las Vegas urbanized area southeast of I-15. It would substantially increase the north-south arterial street capacity needed to accommodate growth within the City of North Las Vegas. It would also provide a needed route for enhanced transit to provide increased mobility and travel options for the growing areas north and west of I-15.

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Regional Fixed Guideway Feasibility Study

The Regional Transportation Commission (RTC) of Southern Nevada completed the Regional Fixed Guideway Alternatives Analysis in 2006. The Study identified North 5th Street as the preferred route through North Las Vegas for the northern leg of the proposed valley-wide Fixed Guideway Transit System. The Study cited the relatively early stage of development along North 5th Street north of Losee Road as providing the flexibility to accommodate a transit system which could serve relatively large, future, transit oriented populations.

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North 5 th Street Corridor Study

In November 2004, the RTC completed the North 5th Street Corridor Study, which built upon these previous studies and evaluated alternative improvements for the North 5th Street Corridor. The study provided a basis for selecting the program of improvements which will best serve the transportation needs of the residents and businesses of the City of North Las Vegas. In particular, the Study examined the costs and benefits of constructing North 5th Street as a 150-foot wide multi-purpose roadway:

• to accommodate regional transit service in exclusive transit lanes;
• to provide for enhancements such as multi-use trails and landscaping buffers; and,
• to provide opportunities for the development of limited access facilities.

The North 5th Street Corridor Study recommended that North 5th Street be constructed as a 150-foot wide roadway between Las Vegas Boulevard and the Northern Beltway. Construction of a 150-foot wide roadway would provide:

• Six travel lanes for automobiles;
• Landscaping buffers with offset meandering sidewalk; and,
• Dedicated transit lanes in each direction.

The recommended improvements would result in the displacement of several residences along the corridor. Most of the additional right-of-way required to construct a 150-foot wide roadway would be used to improve the aesthetics of the Corridor and make the street amenable to pedestrians with landscaping and meandering sidewalk. The remainder of the additional width required to construct a 150-foot wide roadway would serve exclusive transit lanes. The community would benefit from increased mobility and improved air quality from enhanced transit.

Figures from the Corridor Study illustrating the recommended improvements to North 5th Street are available by clicking on the links below:

The following map reflects the ultimate roadway build-out as proposed by the North 5th Street Corridor Study :

Proposed North 5th Street 150-foot Wide Corridor

Although final alignment of the bridge is yet to be determined, the following figure is a 3-D rendering of a possible alignment of the bridge crossing I-15, the UPRR, and Losee Road :

North 5th Street I-15 and UPRR Overpass

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North Fifth Street Transit Supportive Concept Plan

The North Fifth Street Transit Supportive Concept Plan (TSCP) was developed by the City of North Las Vegas in February, 2006 and envisions a new direction for transportation and land use in North Las Vegas. By linking transportation investments with land use, the concept creates a long-term vision for North 5th Street, Deer Springs Way, and Pecos Road and sets the course for compact, pedestrian-friendly, mixed-use development.

The primary objectives of the North Fifth Street TSCP were to:

• Develop a community-based vision for the future development of the North 5th Street Corridor;
• Develop concepts for land use and circulation patterns in support of this vision; and,
• Recommend strategies that can be used to implement the vision.

The Plan recommends improvements along North 5th Street follow a Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) approach. TOD is a transit-supportive approach to development, which enables efficient use of available transit services. Since the quality and character of land uses along the North 5th Street Corridor vary widely from established industrial and employment uses, to low-density residential, to undeveloped land with multiple development options, the Plan suggests that the implementation of the TOD principles be tailored to fit the wide-ranging character of the five different sections of the corridor. These five distinct planning districts are:

• Gateway Redevelopment District (located south of I-15);
• Industrial District (located between I-15 and Alexander Road );
• North 5th Street District (located between Alexander Road and Centennial Parkway );
• Deer Springs District (located between Centennial Parkway and the Northern Beltway, spanning east to Pecos Road ); and,
• University District (located north of the Northern Beltway, centered around the future UNLV campus).

The elements of the North Fifth Street TSCP will be incorporated into the North 5th Street Improvements Project, as the Project will integrate enhanced transit, pedestrian-friendly sidewalks and roadway crossings, and other transit-oriented design features into the development of improved roadway alternatives.

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