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City and county present Safe Streets for All plan to qualify for federal construction funding
Summary
The city and county presented a joint Safe Streets for All comprehensive safety plan April 14 that identifies priority corridors and countermeasures and was described as necessary for Dougherty County to compete for newly announced federal SS4A construction funds.
The city of Albany and Dougherty County presented a joint Safe Streets for All (SS4A) Comprehensive Safety Action Plan to the Board of Commissioners on April 14, a strategic safety document county staff say is needed to pursue newly announced federal SS4A construction funding.
Eric Stevens, transportation practice leader with the Foresight Group, told the commission the plan synthesizes five years of crash data, local police reports and public outreach to identify a "High Injury Network" (HIN) of priority corridors and intersections, and recommends policy, education and infrastructure measures targeted at vulnerable road users and high-severity crash locations.
Why it matters: Stevens said the Federal Highway Administration, through the bipartisan…
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