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Speakers urge Bergen County to adopt ambitious Local Safety Action Plan goals and redesign roads for safety

5828718 · July 16, 2025
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During public comment speakers urged the board to commit to Vision Zero‑style targets and prioritize road designs that reduce speeds and protect pedestrians and cyclists as Bergen County prepares a local safety action plan.

Several members of the public urged the Bergen County Board of Commissioners to treat the county's forthcoming Local Safety Action Plan as a vehicle to prioritize non‑motorized safety, reduce greenhouse‑gas emissions and redesign roads to reduce speeds and serious injuries. Pat Deroma, a resident, said recent extreme heat and storm events show infrastructure must adapt and called for less impermeable surface, more…

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