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Twenty Year Plan
The VAST Program is a roadmap for how to implement technology based transportation strategies in an integrated and cohesive fashion in Clark County. As indicated, the VAST program has been put together through a cooperative effort of transportation officials (agencies) in Clark County. While the VAST program incorporates many new and emerging ITS technologies, many of the systems and subsystems are not completely new to the County. In fact, transportation agencies have already implemented or planned to implement technology based solutions such as electronic signs, CCTV cameras, ramp meters, and advanced traffic signals in the county. The Clark County VAST program is a starting point for bringing these technological approaches together in an integrated and cohesive fashion. The list of projects developed for the Clark County transportation system is a progression from the program vision, to development of strategies, to priorities for specific projects.
The VAST Implementation Plan is organized into three time frames: 0-5 years; 6-10 years; and 11-20 years. Features of the plan are organized by the following categories:
- Communications Infrastructure (CO)
- Traveler Information (TI)
- Incident Management (IM)
- Transportation Management (TM)
- Traffic Signal System (TS)
- Transit Priority (TP)
- Transit Operation and Management (TO)
The 20-year Project List includes a description of each project, its priority, estimated costs and benefits and its relationship with other projects in the plan. There is also an Implementation Schedule for the plan that lists in general short, medium, and long-term time frames. It provides flexibility for the Steering Committee to make adjustments in priorities in response to funding availability and other transportation needs.
There are also maps depicting existing and proposed locations for ITS related equipment within the county based on the 20-Year Plan. There are maps for:
CCTV System
Variable Message Signs
Ramp Meter System
Traffic Detector Stations
Communications Network
Adaptive Signal Timing Routes
Probe Vehicle System
Transit Priority Routes
The VAST Program costs over the next 20-years in current year dollars are shown below:
Implementation Cost Annual Cost Implementation Phase Approximate Cost Operations & Maintenance Phase I: 1-5 Years $15,000,000 $1,600,000 Phase II: 6-10 Years $13,000,000 $1,500,000 Phase III: 11-20 Years $17,000,000 $1,900,000 Total $45,000,000 Costs above are per year
for the associated phase.VAST Program Capital Costs
The following chart shows the estimated capital costs of the VAST Program by category:
