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Draft safety plan calls for targeted projects, speed enforcement and more community outreach
Summary
Consultants presented a draft Comprehensive Safety Action Plan that recommends nine focus‑area projects, multimodal countermeasures and a mix of short‑term and long‑term investments; staff said speed‑camera deployment is planned this year and the final plan will return for adoption in June.
Consultants for Glenwood Springs on May 1 presented a draft Comprehensive Safety Action Plan (CSAP) that pairs crash data, community feedback and countermeasure recommendations to reduce serious and fatal crashes across modes.
Lee introduced Jenny Godwin (CONSOR) and Chloe Ward (ALTA). Godwin summarized the plan’s approach — five years of CDOT crash data, field counts and community engagement that produced a high‑injury network and nine focus‑area projects — and said the CSAP organizes recommendations as quick wins, midterm and longer‑term actions to be funded and implemented between 2025 and 2030.
Chloe Ward summarized phase‑two engagement and said the team received roughly 200 survey responses and engaged about 60 people in five in‑person meetings (schools and community events). “We heard ... a lot of support for speed and red light enforcement,” she said, reporting that 73% of survey respondents supported enforcement elements such as speed cameras.
The plan identifies nine priority corridors and intersections, including 6th Street, Midland and 10th Street, and recommends a countermeasure toolbox — curb extensions, medians and signal timing changes — plus targeted outreach such as a safety‑marketing campaign and fact sheets for funders. Consultants highlighted Highway 82 as a corridor where CDOT coordination and access management will be necessary.
Councilors asked about data currency and law and permitting questions for enforcement cameras. Staff and consultants said CDOT crash data often lags by a year (the plan used data through 2023) but that the CSAP is intended to guide 2025–2030 investments and will be refreshed in future updates. City staff and the police chief reported that the city is pursuing two speed cameras this year and expects them to be live by late summer; council discussed statutory limits on red‑light camera authority and CDOT permitting for state highways.
Next steps: the project team will finalize focus‑area exhibits for the final CSAP, post the draft for public review online, and return to council in June for adoption and funding discussion.
