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Henry County wins federal Safe Streets grant to create countywide transportation safety action plan
Summary
Henry County received a Safe Streets and Roads for All planning grant from USDOT and retained Modern Mobility Partners to develop a multi-jurisdictional safety action plan covering Henry County and the cities of McDonough, Stockbridge and Locust Grove.
Henry County officials told commissioners on Jan. 7 that the county was awarded a federal Safe Streets and Roads for All planning and demonstration grant to develop a countywide transportation safety action plan aimed at reversing an upward trend in crashes, injuries and fatalities.
Sam Baker, transportation director, said the county retained Modern Mobility Partners under the grant and introduced Amber Burke, the project's lead consultant. Burke said the program promotes a "safe systems" approach that looks beyond education campaigns to redesign roadways and systems to reduce fatalities and serious injuries across all road users.
The plan will be multi-jurisdictional: Burke said it will include the unincorporated county and the cities of Locust Grove, McDonough and Stockbridge. The project already has convened a roadway safety stakeholder committee that includes EMS, police, public schools and parks and recreation staff, and the planning team has launched public engagement, including pop-up events and an online survey and comment map that has received "hundreds of responses," Burke said.
The plan began in October 2024; the project team expects to complete analyses this spring, identify recommendations in March–April 2025, and bring the final plan and a required commitment resolution for board adoption later in 2025. Burke said the commitment language required by the federal program will be drafted with stakeholders and returned to the board for formal adoption as part of the planning process.
The planning effort is intended to support future applications for implementation funds from Safe Streets for All or other federal, state or regional funding sources. Commissioners asked whether Hampton had joined the effort; Baker said the county had invited the city multiple times and that "it is up to the city to join us but the invitation is on the table for them to join at any point." No vote was required at the briefing.
Sources: Presentation to the Henry County Board of Commissioners, Jan. 7, 2025; remarks by Sam Baker and Amber Burke (Modern Mobility Partners).
