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Planning Commission backs borough resolution urging Assembly to adopt 'Safe Streets for All' safety action plan
Summary
The commission voted to request Assembly adoption of the borough's Safe Streets for All comprehensive safety action plan, a data-driven plan prepared with a $550,000 grant that identifies project recommendations, a toolkit of countermeasures and a path to federal implementation grants requiring a 20% match.
The Matanuska-Susitna Borough Planning Commission on March 17 voted to support a resolution asking the Assembly to adopt the borough's Safe Streets for All comprehensive safety action plan, a data-driven blueprint intended to reduce serious and fatal traffic crashes across the borough's expanded core area.
Staff said adopting the plan would make the borough and cities eligible to seek federal Safe Streets and Roads for All implementation grants, which range from $1 million to $10 million and require a 20% nonfederal match.
Why it matters: The plan compiles five years of crash data, recommends 16 project ideas and offers a…
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