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Franklin County adopts Transportation Safety Action Plan and seeks Safe Streets planning grant
Summary
The county commission unanimously adopted a Safe‑Systems Transportation Safety Action Plan and authorized staff to pursue a federal Safe Streets for All planning grant to address a High Injury Network and fund roadway safety improvements.
Franklin County commissioners voted Feb. 2 to adopt a county Transportation Safety Action Plan that uses the Safe Systems approach and sets an aspirational target of eliminating traffic fatalities and serious injuries by 2045.
The plan, presented to the board by the Highway and Planning staff, organizes crash data and identifies a High Injury Network of county roads and intersections where fatal and incapacitating crashes are concentrated. Commissioners emphasized the plan’s data‑driven priorities: speed management, safer road geometry, improved delineation and lighting, and targeted countermeasures on prioritized county segments.
The board also voted to authorize staff to submit a Safe Streets for All (SS4A) planning grant application to the U.S. Department of Transportation to fund development of an implementation plan and initial design work. The SS4A authorization passed unanimously. Commissioners said they expect the plan and grant work to guide capital requests and subsequent roadway projects so county improvements can be aligned with state and federal funding opportunities.
Commissioner T. Bauer moved adoption of the plan; B. Anderson seconded. Roll call was 14 yes, 0 no (two absentees recorded). The motion instructs Highway and Planning staff to: prepare the SS4A planning grant, prioritize the HIN countermeasures, and report grant and project progress to the commission.
Why this matters: The action directs limited roadway funds to high‑crash corridors, creates a strategy for seeking federal funds, and commits the county to coordinated safety planning for local roads and state routes that serve county residents.
