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Lake County presents Safety Action Plan, proposes Vision Zero goal and high‑injury network targeting
Summary
Staff presented a federally funded Safety Action Plan developed with CMAP and HDR that identifies a high‑injury network and recommended countermeasures; the county will consider a Vision Zero resolution and use the plan to prioritize projects and competitive federal grant applications.
Lake County staff presented the county’s Safety Action Plan on July 30, a planning document developed with the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) and HDR under the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) planning grant program.
Mike Clemens, manager of transportation planning, said the plan applies a Safe System approach and analyzes 2018–2022 crash reports to identify a high‑injury network — road segments with at least 2.5 fatal or serious injury crashes per mile — that accounts for 66% of the county’s fatal and serious injury crashes while comprising only about 7.5% of roadway miles. A very‑high‑injury subset (at least 6 fatal/serious injuries…
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