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Planning commission backs safety action plan, clears way to seek federal implementation grants
Summary
Mount Juliet planning commissioners voted to recommend that the Board of Commissioners adopt a federally funded Safety Action Plan that targets fatal and serious-injury crashes and establishes project prioritization for 18 high-injury corridors.
Mount Juliet planning commissioners on April 17 voted to forward a positive recommendation to the Board of Commissioners for a Safety Action Plan developed with federal Safe Streets for All grant funding.
The plan, presented by Leo Espellet of Kimley-Horn & Associates and Public Works Director Matthew White, responds to 57 fatal or serious-injury crashes in the city over the last five years, including 10 fatalities and 47 serious injuries. Espellet said the plan focuses on reducing those types of crashes and, if adopted, would allow the city to apply for federal implementation grants in the next funding cycle.
The plan ranks candidate projects using six criteria the steering committee set, including counts…
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