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2022 Local Roadway Safety Plan
Staffreport
SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends the Facilities and Transportation Committee review and recommend approval of the proposed 2022 Local Roadway Safety Plan.
BACKGROUND
Federal regulations require each State have a Strategic Highway Safety Plan (SHSP). An SHSP is a statewide data-driven traffic safety plan that coordinates the efforts of a wide range of organizations to reduce traffic accident fatalities and serious injuries on all public roads. While the SHSP is used as a statewide approach for improving roadway safety, a Local Road Safety Plan (LRSP) can be a means for providing local road owners with an opportunity to address unique highway safety needs in their jurisdictions while contributing to the success of the SHSP.
An LRSP provides a framework for organizing stakeholders to identify, analyze, and prioritize roadway safety improvements on local and rural roads. The process of developing an LRSP can be tailored to local protocols, needs, and issues. Beginning in 2022, a LRSP will be required for a public agency to be eligible to apply for federal Highway Safety Improvement Plan (HSIP)funds. The city regularly participates in the HSIP program with the $346,000 Wicks-Manor Signal Project being a recent example.
In 2020, the City was awarded $72,000 in the state LRSP Grant to develop an LRSP to improve traffic safety and to be eligible to participate in future HSIP and other grant programs.
PREPARED BY: Sheila Marquises, Director, Engineering and Transportation Department