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City hears Safe Streets for All plan; staff to bring Vision Zero resolution to council Tuesday
Summary
Consultants from Keck & Wood presented a Safety Action Plan that maps a high‑injury network and recommends a city leadership commitment: zero fatalities on city‑maintained roads by 2035 and a 5% annual reduction in serious injuries aiming for elimination by 2050. Staff will return a resolution Tuesday for formal adoption.
Clay Smith, project manager for Keck & Wood, and Alex Simmons, the firm’s lead traffic engineer, presented the city’s Safety Action Plan and asked Villa Rica leaders for a formal leadership commitment.
"The city is committed to the goal of 0 fatal injury crashes on city maintained roadways by 2035," Smith said, and he added the city should pursue a target of reducing serious injury crashes by 5% each year toward elimination by 2050. Simmons highlighted the data behind the recommendations, telling council that across the past five years there were more than 4,000 crashes citywide and nearly 1,000 on city‑maintained streets. He said intersection‑related crashes and speed were primary drivers of serious outcomes.
The presentation described a high‑injury network of segments and intersections that account for more than half of all crashes and over 90% of fatal and serious injury crashes within the mapped segments. Keck & Wood said prioritization will separate city‑maintained segments from state routes to make local implementation feasible and recommended a mix of engineering, education, enforcement, emergency response and equity‑focused strategies.
Council members asked for project IDs and cost estimates to help prioritize work and to support discussions with the Georgia Department of Transportation on state‑maintained segments. City staff said a resolution adopting the leadership commitment would be placed on the Tuesday voting meeting agenda for formal consideration.
Next steps: staff will circulate the draft plan to stakeholders, incorporate any final comments, and present a resolution for council action at the next meeting.
