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Tahlequah council adopts Transportation Safety Action Plan developed under USDOT SS4A grant
Summary
Council voted April 7 to accept a Transportation Safety Action Plan produced with Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) program guidance; staff and consultants outlined a high‑injury network, public engagement and an implementation table of countermeasures and funding sources.
The Tahlequah City Council on April 7 adopted a Transportation Safety Action Plan developed with support from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) program and local consultants. The plan identifies a high‑injury network, outlines systemic and targeted countermeasures, and sets a phased implementation schedule tied to funding opportunities.
Paige (city planning staff) and a consulting team presented the plan, explaining the Vision Zero principles guiding the work and a public engagement process that included workshops, a map survey and a safety day event. A consultant summarized crash‑data analysis from the Oklahoma Highway Safety Office for 2017–2021 and identified corridors that account for a disproportionate share of severe crashes.
“About 34% of the comments were related to intersections, and about 29% were related to pedestrian safety,” the consultant said, citing the plan’s public‑input findings.
The plan groups countermeasures into systemic (citywide lane markings, signal backplates, pedestrian facilities) and targeted measures tailored to five priority corridors. The implementation tables organize actions by timeframe (short, medium, long), potential partners (city, ODOT, tribal partners) and potential funding sources (federal, state, private). The presenters recommended pursuing federal construction funds to move from planning to implementation.
Council members praised the public engagement and voted to adopt the plan so the city can pursue implementation grants. The council recorded its approval by roll call.
Ending: With adoption, city staff said the next step is to apply for implementation funding and to continue the public workshops and outreach described in the plan. Council took no separate spending action at the April 7 meeting; project construction would require later grant awards or allocations.
