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NMDOT explains road safety audits as Mesilla Valley MPO eyes HSIP grant
Summary
NMDOT's Highway Safety Improvement Program manager told the Mesilla Valley MPO TAC that the department includes roadway owners in its RSAs, urged following the NMDOT RSA guidebook for HSIP funding, and said RSAs generally have a five-year shelf life as the MPO targets an HSIP application this year.
Jason Coffey, the Highway Safety Improvement Program manager at the New Mexico Department of Transportation, told the Mesilla Valley Metropolitan Planning Organization technical advisory committee on March 5 that NMDOT's approach to road safety audits (RSAs) differs from Federal Highway Administration guidance because "we do include the roadway owner" in the department's RSA process.
Coffey, joining remotely after an early Webex connectivity issue, reviewed the FHWA definition of RSAs as "a formal safety performance examination of existing or future road or intersection by an independent multidisciplinary team" and emphasized that while FHWA guidance envisions an independent review, the NMDOT HSIP program typically includes the roadway owner in the review and in follow-up project development.
"That's one way that our process…
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