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Consultant outlines Vision Zero safety action plan and hot spots on Osage Beach Parkway
Summary
Wilson & Company presented an SS4A Vision Zero safety action plan to the Osage Beach Board of Aldermen, identifying five years of crash data (2020–2024), pedestrian crash clusters and early demonstration projects including temporary bike lanes between Route KK and Nichols Road.
Wilson & Company project manager Ashley Winchell told the Osage Beach Board of Aldermen that the city’s SS4A grant work will use five years of crash data (2020–2024) to create a roadway safety action plan and prioritize projects that reduce serious and fatal crashes.
Winchell said the program, funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’s Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) program, focuses on a safe‑systems approach—safer people, vehicles, speeds and roads, plus post‑crash care. She said the consultant team has identified multiple hot spots on Osage Beach Parkway and nearby interchanges, and that the five‑year sample includes five fatal crashes and 47 serious‑injury crashes citywide, with seven pedestrian crashes (three serious) concentrated between Route KK and Nichols Road.
"We're looking at ways to reduce or eliminate serious injury and fatal crashes," Winchell said. "One of the things we do is look for simple, proven countermeasures—sometimes a sign can result in a 50% reduction in crashes." She described planned road‑safety audits, a public engagement plan with surveys and pop‑up events (including Fall Fest), a community website with map pins for problem locations, and near‑term demonstration striping and temporary bike lanes.
Board members asked whether crash hot spots simply reflect higher traffic volumes and whether the consultant will help translate plan recommendations into implementable capital projects and grant applications. Winchell said the plan will produce a prioritized project list to help the city seek funding and suggested embedding safety improvements into planned repaving projects and the city’s future capital improvement plan.
Members also raised local vehicle‑type questions. Alderman Rucker and others asked how golf carts and UTVs would interact with bike lanes; Winchell recommended coordination with the city attorney, police and MoDOT and said crash reports usually identify vehicle type so the team can break out UTV/ATV/golf‑cart incidents.
The consultant plans to deliver a draft plan this fall, analysis and recommendations in spring, and a final plan for board consideration in winter next year.
