FY2025 Community Project Funding Requests
Congresswoman Titus is requesting funding through the appropriations process for the following projects to help Southern Nevadans:
Boulder City Community and Science Center: This project would help the community learn techniques to produce food in arid urban environments using aquaponics, develop strategies to grow and utilize native species in their landscaping, and understand the importance of native plant restoration following disturbance. This will help provide a better understanding of building sustainability and urban economic development in heat and drought impacted regions.
Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada Client Service Resource Building: The City of Las Vegas is seeking funding to provide space for the Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada to connect individuals from underserved communities to services that will support their efforts to achieve and maintain self-sufficiency. The space will improve the organization’s ability to administer some of its integral programs which provide nutritionally balanced meals to homebound seniors, help people experiencing homelessness gain life skills and job training, and promote healthy living and brighter futures for families with low incomes.
Citywide Traffic Signal Improvements: Within the City of Las Vegas’s Vision Zero Action Plan, which states a goal to eliminate traffic fatalities and serious injuries by 2050, over 90 action items were identified for implementation including creating safer streets through better collaboration, higher-quality street designs, and safer speeds. This project will advance implementation of the plan by installing traffic signal systems, enhanced lighting, sidewalk and ADA upgrades, medians, pedestrian and bicycle safety improvements, intelligent transportation system infrastructure, signage, and striping modifications. This will help improve safety along crash-prone corridors and intersections.
Climate Adaptive Bus Shelters: The Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada is seeking funding to install climate-adaptive bus shelters that offer increased shade and cooling opportunities. This will help combat the urban heat island effect experienced in many areas of the Las Vegas Valley which poses barriers and health risks for residents who rely on walking, bicycling, and transit for their daily needs.
Flamingo Water Resources Center Emergency Power Project: This project would facilitate the development of an emergency power plan for the Flamingo Water Resources Center, including future installation of generators that will provide new resilience for the facility to manage processes during outages and maintain a level of treatment to avoid an incursion or overflow of wastewater. Funding will make the water district less likely to request additional federal and state resources for temporary power or require additional resources due to a prolonged loss of power in the future.
Forensic Crime Lab Equipment: The City of Henderson is seeking funding for replacement equipment for its Forensic Crime Lab. The current aging equipment requires more repair which increases downtime and underutilization. This new equipment will ensure that the lab has redundancies in place to eliminate this downtime and for law enforcement, the judiciary, and crime victims to receive testing results in a timely manner.
Integrated Ballistic Identification System: The City of Henderson is seeking funding to obtain an Integrated Ballistic Identification System to improve law enforcement's ability to link cases and solve crimes. This would allow the Henderson Police Department to reorient additional resources to focus on preventing crime and making citizens feel safer.
Nevada State Route 147 Improvements: The Nevada Department of Transportation is seeking funding to provide safety enhancements for a portion of Nevada State Route 147 in North Las Vegas. These enhancements include ADA improvements, lighting, traffic signals, and striping replacement. These upgrades are needed to ensure the safety of pedestrians and drivers who utilize the roadway.
Nevada State Route 159 Charleston Boulevard Preservation: The Nevada Department of Transportation is seeking funding to make improvements along Nevada State Route 159 Charleston Boulevard including pavement preservation, sign and striping replacement, lighting, traffic signals, ADA features, and additional safety measures. This funding will benefit the area by enhancing safety for vulnerable road users while making infrastructure more resilient, thus driving down future costs.
Nevada Way Rehabilitation Project: The Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada is seeking funding is to replace failing asphalt; repave and restripe the roadway to include Complete Streets components, such as enhanced crosswalks, in the downtown business corridor; and add ADA and pedestrian access improvements and upgrades, particularly on the streets around Wheeler Park where there are currently very limited sidewalks and ramps for access to the park. This will enhance infrastructure resiliency, support economic growth, and promote equity in the surrounding area.
Red Rock Joint Communications Center: Funding would support a portion of the costs for a joint project involving Clark County, the City of Las Vegas, the City of North Las Vegas, and the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD). The entities would design and construct a Joint Communications Center to serve as a Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) for police and fire call taking and dispatching. This would benefit all residents in Southern Nevada and enhance emergency management capabilities and emergency operations, especially for large-scale, international events which contribute a significant amount of economic activity for the region.
South Site Emergency Operations Center: The South Site Emergency Operations Center (EOC) serves as the central command hub during emergencies, facilitating coordination and communication among various agencies and responders. Furthermore, the EOC provides a centralized location for training and capacity building, ensuring that emergency personnel are well-prepared to handle a wide range of scenarios. Funding would update the center with enhancements including advanced communication systems, information management tools, surveillance equipment, emergency notification systems, hardware/software, and training programs. This will ensure that emergency response efforts are effectively managed, leading to quicker and more coordinated responses to incidents such as natural disasters, public health emergencies, large-scale special events and accidents.
Vertical Transportation Improvements: The Clark County Department of Aviation is seeking funding to add elevators and escalators in the public garage and baggage claim area as recommended by a recently completed LAS Landside Operations study. The improved vertical movement within the building and garage will result in greater safety with better separation of passengers and vehicles on airport roadways.
Vision Zero Program Implementation: The City of Las Vegas is seeking funding to enhance transportation safety along a number of corridors that have been identified as a High Injury Network as part of the City’s Vision Zero Action Plan where traffic fatalities and serious injuries are heavily concentrated including four roadways in Nevada’s First Congressional District.
Wastewater Treatment Plant Upgrades for Boulder City, NV: This project will expand the treatment capacity of existing facilities for Boulder City while improving safety and reliability. The expanded capacities will benefit local resource security by returning treated wastewater back to the water supply which could eventually save enough water to supply an additional 4,000 homes annually.
