Daryl Wollman, consultant for Verdantus, told the Sunbury City Services Committee on Nov. 5 that Sunbury's Roadway Safety Action Plan was prepared with funding from the federal Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) program and is now ready for the city to use to pursue construction grants. "We did the road based adaption plan in the city of Sunbury's ... grant program from the Safe Streets and Roads for All," Wollman said, explaining the plan's purpose is to identify projects and then seek construction funding.

Wollman said the plan is structured around a leadership commitment and Vision Zero principles aimed at eliminating fatalities and serious injuries. He described a safety analysis that used 10 years of crash data (20142023) and identified a high-injury network: "We look at it through all different lenses ... older users, motorcycle riders, pedestrians, bicyclists," Wollman said, noting the analysis covered crash types, behaviors and locations.

The plan includes public engagement activities (surveys, school visits, an open house and on-street outreach) and a steering committee that met monthly to set goals, review data and prioritize countermeasures. Wollman read a list of steering-committee members on the record and said the group used a tiered scoring approach to rank countermeasures, from low-cost fixes (rumble strips, signage, enforcement) to larger capital solutions (roundabouts, signal work, access management).

Wollman described an implementation matrix that pairs candidate projects with likely funding sources. He called out potential funding programs by name, including SS4A implementation rounds and the federal Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP), and said the plan will help the city make competitive grant applications. He also said staff piloted camera-based data collection to capture turning movements and near-miss events; those reports will be appended to the plan.

Wollman and committee members emphasized the plan itself does not build projects but provides the analysis and documentation needed to pursue construction funding, and that many recommended projects will require coordination with outside partners and funders. The full report and the SS4A-required appendices will be included in a future council packet.