LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) – Cracking down on crime in Chinatown is a priority, not only for Las Vegas police, but for one Clark County commissioner.
Business owners say the biggest crime involves car break-ins. FOX5 first showed surveillance video of a brazen theft in broad daylight from earlier this year.
Metro ramped up visibility and patrols in parking lots to deal with tourists who leave bags and luggage in their cars, but break-ins aren’t the only issue, according to one restaurant owner. That’s why she’s taking part in what she hopes is a major redevelopment project for the Spring Mountain Corridor to cut down on crime, and improve traffic safety and parking issues.
Owner of Weera Thai Restaurant on Spring Mountain Road, Sasi Phothidokmai says parking has gotten so out of hand, even she got fined for trying to get to work while parking in the side lot.
“In the future, I would like them to have at least a machine. Because they said “No parking.” And they all get a ticket almost every, every time. Even me, I got a ticket,” Phothidokmai said.
The goal of the Spring Mountain Corridor Redevelopment plan is to support small businesses, increase walkability and figure out a solution to the parking issues that seem to affect customers every day.
County Commissioner Justin Jones heard from business owners and valley residents about the issues they want addressed. He says hundreds of people have already filled out the survey, which has a deadline of July 31st.
The commissioner says this project is going to be driven from the bottom up, but several issues have crept up on survey after survey.
“Parking. We know the parking is obviously a big, a big thing down here,” Jones said. “We want to make sure that safety is of utmost concern. We want to make sure that it’s as safe as possible, so widening sidewalks, increasing pedestrian safety and just making it a more walkable environment.”
A deadline for collecting community surveys for the Spring Mountain Redevelopment Project is July 31st. You can get more information here.
The last phase involves final recommendations and plan approval and it’s set to wrap up in March.
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