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Consultants outline Safe Streets for All plan; county gets early public engagement and data collection
Summary
Houston Engineering and Alta Planning described the county's federally funded Safe Streets for All Comprehensive Safety Action Plan, reporting early outreach results (roughly 1,000 website visits, 300 map pinpoints, 300 survey responses) and next steps for a high-injury network analysis and public open house.
LINCOLN COUNTY, S.D. — Consultants working on Lincoln County's federally funded Safe Streets for All (SS4A) Comprehensive Safety Action Plan updated commissioners May 6 on data collection and public outreach and described a timeline for producing a safety priority list and future grant eligibility.
Sam Tribilcock, a transportation planner with Houston Engineering, said the project began earlier this year and includes a multidisciplinary team that will produce a data-driven high-injury network and an action plan of engineering, policy and outreach strategies. "One of the things that will be completed ... is to identify a goal in which there's a commitment to either set a target date to reach 0 deaths or setting one or more targets to achieve a significant decline in roadway fatalities and serious injuries by a specific date," Tribilcock said.
Tribilcock described the project's public engagement to date: a project website live now, a map survey that allows residents to place pinpoints where they perceive safety issues, and an online survey. He reported roughly 1,000 website visits, about 300 map pinpoints and roughly 300 completed surveys so far. The consultant team has conducted 12 one-on-one Study Advisory Team (SAT) interviews and expects more stakeholder outreach, a mid-June open house and continued community events this summer.
Commissioners asked whether the Sheriff's Office crash data had been provided; Tribilcock said the team is using state crash data and that the Sheriff's Office is participating on the SAT. A commissioner asked about mention of a potential prison construction impact that some interviewees had raised; Tribilcock said the item surfaced in interviews as a possible future concern if a project moves forward but is not a current project element.
Tribilcock said the action plan will position the county to be eligible for implementation grants once the plan is adopted. The consultant expects to deliver draft safety-analysis results in the coming weeks and a final plan by late next year, with an adoption target thereafter.
