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Punta Gorda planning board 4-1 to recommend adoption of Safe Streets plan to seek federal grant
Summary
The City of Punta Gorda Zoning and Planning Board voted 4-1 to recommend that city council adopt the Comprehensive Safety Action Plan so the city can apply for Safe Streets for All federal funding to add audible pedestrian signals and other countermeasures at high-injury corridors.
The City of Punta Gorda Zoning and Planning Board voted 4-1 on a recommendation that the City Council adopt a Comprehensive Safety Action Plan so the city can pursue federal Safe Streets for All grant funding.
Rick Lemkoop, grants coordinator for urban design, told the board the plan — prepared under the Safe Streets for All campaign with the Department of Transportation and the local Metropolitan Planning Organization — sets a target of “0 fatalities and 0 serious injuries by 2045.” He said adoption by the council is required before Punta Gorda can be included in the grant application the city plans to submit by June 26.
The board’s recommendation would allow staff to use the adopted plan as part of a grant application for audible pedestrian signals, rapid flashing beacons and other pedestrian and bicycle countermeasures at signalized intersections and high-injury corridors.…
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