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Newman City Council adopts Road Safety Action Plan to target high-injury corridors
Summary
On March 24, 2026 the Newman City Council unanimously adopted a Road Safety Action Plan that targets 12 priority locations and recommends a mix of site-specific projects, systemic street treatments and education programs aimed at cutting fatal and serious-injury crashes.
The Newman City Council on March 24 voted 5-0 to adopt a Road Safety Action Plan that city staff and consultants say is designed to reduce fatal and serious-injury crashes by focusing on the city’s highest-risk corridors and intersections.
The plan, presented by Kyle McGowan of Tool Design Group, uses crash data from 2015–2024 and community input to identify 12 priority locations and a set of systemic and non‑infrastructure strategies. "It’s a data- and community-informed road map to reduce crashes in Newman," McGowan said during the council meeting.
McGowan told the council the team analyzed a decade of crash records and identified 116 crashes during the study period, nine of which resulted in fatal or serious injuries; two involved pedestrians, three involved bicyclists…
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