In a recent town hall-style meeting, the committee planning reconfiguration of McGillivray Boulevard through Cascade Park entertained input from affected residents. Proposed changes would augment bicycle and pedestrian thoroughfares but restrict motor vehicle traffic to one lane of McGillivray’s entirety.
Residents in attendance expressed concerns, offering a plan that simply removed and restored existing asphalt paving. The existing paving has been paved over to the extent that curbing is flush with pavement. In addition to resurfacing, four-way stops would be placed at the intersection of Olympic and McGillivray. Existing configuration of two lanes of motor vehicle traffic, bicycle/pedestrian lanes, curbside parking could be maintained as is.
Committee members were polite, seemed stolidly myopic, set on the single-lane reconfiguration. Apparently, planning does not recognize the burgeoning population of Clark County, growth that was about 5,000 persons per year since the 2020 census. The amount of apartments, other rental properties under construction or already leased is daunting. Little is being done to accommodate growth.
Strides in public transportation have been made such as The Vine, but to date, such transportation is little used. It is feared the new terminus near Clark College’s eastern campus will be the next RV/homeless park.
