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Chippewa County board adopts safety action plan targeting 55% cut in serious crashes by 2040
Summary
The Chippewa County Board of Supervisors on March 10 unanimously adopted a federally funded safety action plan that sets a 'vision zero' goal and an interim target to reduce traffic deaths and serious injuries by 55% by 2040; the plan lists about $22 million in prioritized projects and next steps for grant applications.
The Chippewa County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on March 10 to adopt Resolution 8-26, the Chippewa County safety action plan, formally committing the county to a “vision zero” aim and an interim objective to reduce traffic deaths and serious injuries by 55% by 2040.
Project manager Freddie Anderson of the county highway department introduced the plan and turned the presentation over to Nicole Bitzen, lead consultant with SRF Consulting. Bitzen said the plan was prepared with funding from a federal SS4A (Safe Streets and Roads for All) grant and follows a Federal Highway Administration safe-systems framework. “We received a federal grant,” Bitzen said, describing planning, demonstration and implementation grant opportunities that remain as the SS4A program completes its final year of…
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