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Board endorses Safe Streets comprehensive safety action plan to target high-injury corridors
Summary
The Botetourt County Board of Supervisors voted to endorse a federally funded Safe Streets comprehensive safety action plan that maps high-injury corridors and recommends countermeasures; plan positions the county to compete for federal safety grants.
Botetourt County supervisors on Monday endorsed a draft comprehensive safety action plan developed under the federal Safe Streets and Roads for All grant program, agreeing to a county goal of reducing roadway fatalities and serious injuries by 50% by 2045.
The board voted to endorse the plan after a presentation and public-stakeholder outreach summary by transportation consultant Thomas Ruff of the Timmins Group and comments from county staff. The plan identifies a high-injury network that represents roughly 7% of the county’s roadway mileage but accounts for about 55% of serious and fatal crashes, and it recommends a mix of site-specific engineering fixes, education and enforcement actions, and candidate projects for future grant funding.
Why it matters: Botetourt will use the action plan to prioritize locations for roadway safety improvements and to…
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