Neighborhood Participation Program (NPP)

The NPP was designed to give assistance to specific projects - initiated by neighborhood organizations - that build identity and enhance the community.

The NPP is intended for City-constructed projects such as:

• Connecting sidewalk installation
• Small drainage improvements
• Entrance improvements to reinforce neighborhood identification, such as standard City monument or columnar sign and landscaping improvements
• Renovations that improve ADA or Florida Accessibility Code access at neighborhood entrances within the public right of way
• Irrigation installation
• Lighting associated with entranceways

The NPP is not intended for projects such as:

• Traffic signals
• Street lights
• Street paving
• Replacement of existing neighborhood entrance features, identification or lighting where replacement is desired due to inadequate maintenance or care

Criteria for selecting and evaluating the projects include benefit versus cost; health and safety concerns; demonstrated neighborhood support; neighborhood commitments for partial funding or in-kind contributions; and ongoing maintenance considerations. The City of Sunrise is completing the final stage of the fourth phase of NPP and encourages neighborhoods to register to be on the waiting list for the next phase of NPP.

For additional details regarding the NPP, please call (954) 572-2490.

Neighborhood Traffic Calming Program

In January 2006, the City Commission approved the establishment of a Neighborhood Traffic Calming Program (NTCP), with the most recent revision being approved on April 2017. This progressive program was designed to provide residents with an opportunity to raise neighborhood traffic concerns and to participate in the selection of strategies that promote safe and pleasant conditions for residents, pedestrians, bicyclists and motorists in Sunrise neighborhoods.

In April 2023, the Utilities Department delivered a presentation of the latest NTCP projects that were recently completed, in the design phase, or applications pending review and approval.

The goals of the NTCP include:

• Provide safety measures in residential neighborhoods to reduce traffic operating at high speeds and high volumes on local City streets.
• Reduce the average speed of vehicles in residential neighborhoods and the need for traffic safety enforcement.
• Increase access, safety, comfort and convenience for pedestrians and bicyclists by changing the culture of neighborhood street use from "cars first" to "people first"
• Encourage through traffic to use collector streets and arterial roads.
• Effectively address the dual, and frequently conflicting, public safety interests of traffic calming and emergency response.
• Foster a collaborative working relationship between City staff and neighborhood residents in the development of traffic calming measures.
• Prioritize the expenditure of public resources based on need and implement cost-effective measures for addressing identified traffic issues.

The NTCP is applicable only for residential City streets, and is not appropriate for arterial or collector streets, or for cul-de-sacs or dead-end roads. Additionally, for a neighborhood street to qualify for NTCP consideration, it must meet speeding and traffic volume criteria as determined by a City evaluation.

In order to request traffic calming measures, interested neighborhoods must follow a formal application process as established by the City's Utilities Department, Public Works Division. The application can be found at the end of the NTCP Packet (below). In order for the application to be valid, and applicant must gather at least ten (10) signatures representing different households who share the same concerns. Where applicable, a Home Owners Association (HOA) may endorse the application and the need for the signatures will be waved.

If it is determined an application identifies a potential problem that's a candidate for traffic calming, the City will collect and analyze relevant traffic data from a 24-hour traffic volume and speed study which would be conducted by a private consultant and/or Broward County Traffic Engineering. Should staff-collected data support the neighborhood's concerns, the City will further evaluate the location and prioritize it among all approved applications.

For each high priority project selected, City staff will consult with emergency responders (Fire-Rescue and Police), as well as other entities - such as schools - that may be impacted by traffic calming. Staff will then meet with the applicants and help establish a Working Group of five to ten residents to work with City staff on the neighborhood's traffic calming efforts.

All proposed traffic calming measures should:

• Be consistent with Florida law and with established transportation construction standards and guidelines
• Address problems in an efficient and cost effective manner
• Accommodate the geometrics of the street (e.g., a traffic circle may only be built in an intersection that is large enough for it)
• Be compatible with the needs of the Fire Rescue and Police departments; and
• Take into account the needs of nearby schools

Once staff-approved preliminary designs have been developed, community support must be gained via petitioning. Plans will then be presented to the City Commission for review, approval and funding. When a project has been approved for funding, City staff will develop detailed construction drawings, acquire any necessary permits, and schedule and oversee construction. City staff will also evaluate all traffic calming measures one year after installation, and will recommend any corrective action, if appropriate.

NTCP Application Packet [PDF]

For additional information regarding the NTCP, please contact the Utilities Department, Engineering Section at (954) 888-6010. 

The NTCP program above does not apply to Homeowners requesting calming devices along private streets. For private streets, the Community Development Department Engineering Division is responsible for design review, permitting, and inspection of all private infrastructure elements. However, Utilities Department Engineering Staff remain available as a resource to answer questions from residents within private neighborhoods at (954) 888-6010.