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Council adopts Local Road Safety Plan identifying $21 million in possible improvements
Summary
The council adopted Resolution 1870 to adopt a Local Road Safety Plan that lists nine priority safety areas totaling about $21 million in potential improvements (intersection treatments, crosswalk upgrades, citywide LED lighting and striping); adoption enables the city to pursue grants and loans.
Uniontown — Uniontown’s City Council voted March 9 to adopt the city’s Local Road Safety Plan (Resolution 1870), a data‑driven framework identifying nine priority locations and systemwide countermeasures to reduce fatal and serious‑injury collisions.
City staff presented the plan and said it identifies spot locations and systematic measures — including the Stevenson‑at‑Cole intersection improvements, a package of citywide LED lighting, striping and shoulder work, rumble strip applications, and pedestrian crosswalk enhancements — with a combined preliminary estimate of about $21,000,000. Staff explained the plan does not itself appropriate funds but creates an adopted strategy the city can use to apply for external grants and loans.
Council committee recommended approval. During the meeting council members asked whether staff had performed the underlying technical analysis and whether additional staff time would be needed; staff replied the plan consolidates recent data and that grant applications and project programming would follow. The council approved the resolution by voice vote.
Public comment: Two residents urged quicker work at the Stevenson and Cole intersection, asking specifically for rapid‑flashing beacons, signage and speed enforcement near the senior center. Public‑works staff previously described a preliminary engineering drawing that includes two pedestrian bulb‑outs and a no‑parking stall near AutoZone; a separate rapid‑flashing beacon cost estimate will follow.
Why it matters: Adoption of a local road safety plan is a prerequisite for many state and federal safety grants and gives the city priority documentation to request funding. The plan frames near‑term interim safety measures alongside longer engineering projects.
What’s next: Staff said the city will pursue grant and loan funding to implement priority projects, and return to council with more detailed cost estimates and a proposed grant‑funding strategy.
