Woodbury adopts Safe Streets & Roads for All action plan and a 'Safety First' council directive

The Woodbury City Council unanimously adopted the Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) action plan and a companion Safety First council directive at its May 28 meeting, approving Resolution No. 25-122.

Chris Hartsell, who presented the plan in Drew Boxrod’s absence, said the city received a federal SS4A planning and demonstration grant and additional state match funding through an IIJA Match program, allowing the city to complete a $375,000 planning and demonstration effort at no net cost to the city. Hartsell said the program follows a Safe Systems approach—combining safer roads and speeds, safer vehicles, safer people and improved post-crash care—to reduce serious traffic injuries and fatalities.

“The total project for us to be able to deliver this was 375,000, and it cost the city of Woodbury 0 Dollars,” Hartsell said, noting the state match covered the local match requirement. He described a year of community engagement, technical analysis and workshops that produced the action plan, which lists near-term demonstration projects, updated processes for prioritization, and reporting metrics for leading and lagging safety indicators.

Council members asked whether adopting the directive would alter current projects; staff clarified it formalizes internal collaboration and reporting and is not intended to replace existing project-level public engagement. The directive includes guidance on timing and public outreach for sidewalk and trail retrofit decisions and requests staff to create a transportation needs list and to set aside placeholder demonstration funding in the capital plan.

Council member Santini moved adoption of Resolution 25-122. The motion carried unanimously. Staff will track demonstration projects, community engagement metrics and report back to council under the new directive.