"We're not getting up and opposing because we want money for transportation," said Woodbury, who is also chairman of the Regional Transportation Commission board. "We want a transportation plan, even if it's only a start."

The Nevada Department of Transportation claims it is $5 billion short of fully funding 10 statewide "superprojects," including the expansion of Interstate 15 and U.S. Highway 95 in the Las Vegas Valley, and a Boulder City bypass road.

The highway funding plan approved by the Assembly on Friday would take $1 billion from portions of three existing taxes.

In the plan's first year, Clark County would have to give up about $14 million in property tax revenue earmarked for local capital improvement projects, Woodbury said.

The county's share would be higher in subsequent years and would last "for however long they decide to take it away, I guess," he said.

Woodbury said it's too soon to know the specific effects of the lost property tax revenue, but there are three capital projects that are most likely to be impacted:

• A new, 250-bed detention center for low-level offenders.

• New offices for the Clark County Health District.

• A countywide parks improvement program.

Woodbury said construction of the health district offices might have to be delayed, and the parks program could face cutbacks so work on the detention facility can go forward.

"That's an essential project, and we're just going to have to take money from other sources. We'll just have to reprioritize."

Woodbury and other county officials were hoping for the state to come up with the highway money on its own because local residents have already stepped up to fund highway construction in the area.

"If this is the only way they can do it, so be it," Woodbury said.

County voters approved Question 10 taxes for road work in 1990 and again in 2002.

Through Question 10, the county solely underwrote the $1.1 billion Las Vegas Beltway, helped pay for the $35 million U.S. 95/Beltway interchange in Henderson, renovated the I-15/Blue Diamond Road junction and took over maintenance responsibilities from the state for the Strip.

All represent work normally handled by state, not local transportation agencies.