Council adopts Weatherford Comprehensive Safety Action Plan, citing concentrated fatal-crash network

The Weatherford City Council adopted the Weatherford Comprehensive Safety Action Plan after hearing a presentation from the plan’s project manager, Monica Lucia of Kimley‑Horn.

Monica Lucia, who said she serves as project manager for the plan, summarized the six‑chapter document, the community engagement process and the crash analysis covering 2019–2023. "Seven percent of the total network is on the high injury network and that accounts for 72.2 percent of your fatal crashes in the city," Lucia said, noting the plan focuses on a mix of countermeasures and policy actions funded in part by the federal Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) grant the city won in 2023.

The plan groups recommendations by countermeasure type and by emphasis area; Lucia described a toolbox of proven safety measures and planning‑level, corridor‑specific recommendations for six study locations (three corridors, three intersections). She said the draft plan identifies 13 action items, assigns likely partners and proposes funding sources including federal grant programs such as HSIP for corridor lighting projects.

Council discussion was short. Staff recommended adoption; Mayor Pro Tem Smith moved adoption, Luke Williams seconded, and the council voted to approve the resolution adopting the plan. The action gives staff an adopted framework to pursue design, grant applications and phased implementation of the plan’s countermeasures.

The plan limits presented were planning level only; Lucia emphasized that specific engineering design, project sequencing and funding commitments would come later. City staff and the consultant said they would use the adopted plan to support grant applications and move selected corridors into engineering and implementation.