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Shawnee County unveils safety action plan that prioritizes roadway departures and intersection improvements
Summary
Public works director Courtney House presented an 11-year crash analysis and a Comprehensive Safety Action Plan that prioritizes roadway departures, intersections and unrestrained occupants; the plan identifies low-cost engineering countermeasures and a project list (Auburn Road, Rochester Road, US 75/62nd among others) to pursue implementation grants under Safe Streets for All.
Shawnee County’s director of public works presented a Comprehensive Safety Action Plan Dec. 18 that county staff say will underpin applications for Safe Streets for All implementation grants and guide years of safety projects on county-maintained roads.
Courtney House told the commissioners the plan covers county roads outside Topeka city limits and uses 11 years of crash data. “Death and serious injuries are unacceptable,” House said, framing a safe-system approach that treats serious injuries and fatalities as avoidable and calls for shared responsibility among designers, emergency responders, law enforcement, school districts and the public.
Key findings: House said the county recorded roughly 9,300 crashes over 11 years outside Topeka, including 84 fatal crashes and 235 serious-injury crashes; off-system crashes account for about…
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