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Salina applies for federal demonstration grant to pilot road‑diet and pedestrian treatments on West Crawford
Summary
The City of Salina voted to apply for a $150,000 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law demonstration grant (with local match) to pilot a road‑diet and pedestrian safety countermeasures on West Crawford Avenue after a multi‑year crash analysis and public outreach under a developing Comprehensive Safety Action Plan.
Salina commissioners on June 2 authorized the city manager to apply for a $150,000 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law demonstration grant and a matching grant through the Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) Infrastructure Hub to test safety changes on West Crawford Avenue.
The demonstration project would convert a four‑lane section of West Crawford from Ninth Street to the Dillon’s/Plaza Drive area into a three‑lane cross section — one travel lane each direction with a center turn lane — and install buffered sidewalks, mid‑block crossings and rapid‑flashing beacons at selected crossings. Jim Kowach, deputy director of public works, said the proposals come from a Comprehensive Safety Action Plan (CSAP) the city has been developing with Tool Design Group since mid‑2023.
The plan’s crash…
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