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Council adopts Safety Action Plan to target high-crash corridors and create premium bike network
Summary
Greenacres adopted a Safety Action Plan that identifies high-crash intersections, 12 primary recommendations and a premium bicycle network; council approved the guidance document and directed staff to advance implementation steps and pursue grants.
The Greenacres City Council adopted a multi-year Safety Action Plan designed to reduce serious crashes and fatalities on the city’s transportation network and to establish a phased program of roadway, bicycle and pedestrian improvements.
A consultant presenting the plan told the council the city averages roughly 1,500 crashes annually (about 120 per month) and that many major intersections had five or more crashes in the past five years. The plan contains 12 primary recommendations, a catalog of short-, medium- and long-term improvements, a proposed ‘‘premium bike’’ network and a five-year funding approach focused on pursuing grants.
Key recommendations presented include adopting the plan as a guidance document; establishing a roadway typology and a premium bike network (about 15 miles of priority routes and 10 miles of connectors); prioritizing corridors such as Sherwood Forest Boulevard and Biscayne Drive; coordinating with Palm Beach County and FDOT on corridor designs (Lake Worth Road resurfacing is scheduled in about six years); and forming an internal safety-action task force to review the city’s five-year road program.
The presentation illustrated potential traffic-calming, mid-block crossings near Greenacres Christian Academy, added street trees and bicycle lanes and showed before-and-after visual concepts for local streets. The plan also added Swain Boulevard and South 50 Seventh Avenue to the list of candidate improvements following additional input.
Council members praised the plan’s practicality and moved to adopt it as guidance and to direct staff to advance implementation and grant-seeking steps. The council announced support for the plan, and a public email address (safecity@greenacresfl.gov) was provided for safety-related input.
No specific funding appropriation was adopted at the meeting; staff recommended the council pursue a five-year funding strategy to leverage grants and city resources to implement the plan.
