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Kingsburg wins Highway Safety Improvement grant for Tenth and Kern intersection improvements
Summary
Kingsburg was awarded more than $1 million in HSIP federal grant funds to improve pedestrian and traffic safety at the Tenth and Kern intersection; project design will proceed when funds are released and construction is tentatively scheduled for summer 2027.
Kingsburg city staff announced March 19 that the city has been awarded a Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) grant — just over $1 million — to improve safety at the Tenth and Kern intersection, a long-identified local hotspot.
City Engineer Dave Peters said the intersection ranked highest in the city’s local road safety plan. Staff evaluated three options — a traffic signal, a roundabout, and a package of safety measures — and submitted the latter after finding the signal did not meet warrants and a roundabout would require excessive right-of-way and produce a lower cost‑benefit ratio.
The HSIP‑funded project as proposed includes a modest speed table to calm traffic, rectangular rapid‑flashing beacons at crossings, curb realignment to narrow travel lanes, high‑visibility crosswalks, upgraded ADA ramps at corners and speed‑feedback signs. Peters said the speed table is low-profile and commonly used near schools; staff expects the design phase to be funded later this year and federal‑procurement timing places construction in summer 2027.
Peters also said the project could include additional sidewalk or ramp improvements on Kern Street if grant funds permit or if the city supplements the grant; councilmembers asked staff to examine options to improve a block of sidewalk that residents have complained about.
The item was informational only; no action was required from the council at the March 19 meeting. The city will proceed with design and federal‑funding processes before returning to council on specific design and construction agreements.
Grant award details: staff said the HSIP award is “a little over a million dollars.” The project will advance through design once grant funds are released; anticipated construction is summer 2027.
