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Paulding County staff asks commissioners to adopt comprehensive safety action plan to qualify for federal safety grants
Summary
Staff presented the Paulding County Comprehensive Safety Action Plan (CSAP) developed with SS4A grant funding and asked the Board of Commissioners to adopt a resolution so the county can pursue safety grant opportunities; no formal vote was recorded in the transcript.
Paulding County staff asked the Board of Commissioners to adopt Resolution 2025-517, the county’s Comprehensive Safety Action Plan (CSAP), which staff says is required to apply for certain federal roadway-safety grants.
The CSAP, funded in part through a U.S. Department of Transportation Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) action plan grant, lays out strategies the county says are intended to reduce traffic fatalities and severe injuries. Staff told commissioners the plan was produced with multiple stakeholder and public meetings and coordination with cities, GDOT and adjacent counties.
Paulden County was notified on Jan. 31, 2023, of selection for the SS4A action plan grant; the U.S. DOT allocated $160,000 and the county provided a required 20% local match (at least $40,000), staff said. The board previously authorized a consultant services agreement with VHB for $200,000 and issued a notice to proceed on March 20, 2024. The CSAP covers analysis and both systemic and location-specific strategies to reach the county goal of reducing traffic-related fatalities and serious injuries; staff noted that between 2019 and February 2023 there were 93 fatalities and 376 serious-injury crashes on county roadways.
Staff asked the board to adopt the plan “so we can apply for some funding sources,” and there were no public comments or recorded objections in the meeting transcript. The transcript does not record a formal motion or vote to adopt the resolution during the portion provided.
If adopted, county staff indicated the CSAP would be used to support applications for safety-focused grants and align with the county’s 2022 comprehensive transportation plan update. Commissioners did not request additional clarifying materials during the discussion recorded in the transcript.
Details from the presentation, including the grant amounts, consultant contract and the crash counts, were provided by staff during the agenda item; the transcript does not show an ensuing roll-call or formal approval vote.
