NVCOG committee recommends regional Safe Streets for All plan after SS4A briefing
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Summary
An NVCOG presenter walked members through a federal Safe Streets for All (SS4A) safety action plan covering 19 municipalities; the committee voted to recommend adoption to the policy board after questions about weighting, municipal annexes and local corridor detail.
A regional presenter briefed the Naugatuck Valley Council of Governments’ Technical Transportation Advisory Committee on a draft Safe Streets for All (SS4A) regional safety action plan and the committee voted to recommend the plan be forwarded to the NVCOG policy board.
The presenter said the SS4A plan covers all 19 member municipalities, maps every serious and fatal crash from January 2022 through December 2024, and produces a list of the top‑20 crash corridors plus a high‑injury network of shorter roadway segments. "We completed a internal, quantitative and spatial analysis," the presenter said, and noted the draft is publicly available and the grant that funded the work closes in May. He added municipal annexes will be prepared for each town and that the policy board is expected to adopt the plan in February.
Committee members asked how the scoring accounts for higher traffic volumes in places such as Waterbury. The presenter said crashes were weighted by severity — for example, a fatal crash was weighted approximately 14 times higher than a serious injury crash — and municipal‑level annexes and local segment analyses were developed to provide town‑specific context in addition to the long‑corridor list.
Jim Stewart of Naugatuck said he did not see Naugatuck on the top‑20 list and requested the municipal‑level map; the presenter explained the distinction between long corridors and the high‑injury network of smaller segments and offered to provide the municipal detail on request.
The presenter read a recommended motion to adopt the full SS4A plan and move it to the policy board. The committee moved, seconded and approved the recommendation by voice vote.
The presentation emphasized the plan’s role in identifying project gaps, supporting roadway safety studies and integrating recommended projects into the metropolitan transportation plan and future Transportation Improvement Programs. Staff said the plan will also support state‑level advocacy where municipalities lack specific policy tools to address corridor safety.
