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Calaveras County presents safety plan findings to District 2, residents press for more enforcement and local fixes
Summary
Consultants presented a five‑year collision analysis for county‑maintained roads and an interactive map; residents urged greater enforcement, training and small roadway fixes while the team said widening is outside the program’s scope and promised follow‑up data and TAC coordination.
Consultants leading Calaveras County’s federally funded Comprehensive Safety Action Plan presented five years of collision data for county‑maintained roads and sought public input at a District 2 virtual meeting, where residents pushed for increased enforcement, training and targeted local fixes.
Mark Doty, a project manager with TJKM, opened the meeting and said the plan is funded through the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Safe Streets and Roads for All grant and is intended to reduce fatalities and serious injuries on county roads. “We want to prioritize human life over speed or convenience,” Doty said as he described the safe‑system approach and the project timeline.
The presentation covered 2020–2024 collision data on county‑maintained roads only (Caltrans‑managed state routes were excluded from the county analysis). The team reported 21 fatalities and 75 severe‑injury collisions (KSI) on county roads in that…
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