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Tooele County adopts 'Safe Streets for All' plan, citing crash cost and 21 candidate project locations
Summary
Consultant Dallas Wall presented a Safe Streets for All plan that identifies primary crash types, estimated societal crash costs, underserved communities and 21 candidate locations; council adopted the plan to pursue implementation and grant opportunities such as HSIP and SS4A.
Dallas Wall, WCG project manager, presented the Tooele County Safe Streets for All safety action plan and urged council adoption so the county can pursue federal and state implementation grants. He said the plan is aligned with regional safety goals, used multiple data sources and a public survey garnering more than 500 responses.
"Roughly every 6 days someone in Tooele County either has a crash that involves a death or a life altering injury," Wall said, summarizing the five-year fatal/serious-injury analysis and an estimated societal crash cost figure included in the report. He told the council the consultant team identified roadway departures, left-turn collisions, active-transportation crashes, and midblock urban crashes as priority types for mitigation and compiled a heat map and list of 21 candidate locations for potential projects.
Wall explained the report includes cost estimates and benefit-cost ratios for suggested countermeasures, and he described a predictive-modeling approach that justifies lower-cost treatments (signing/markings, rumble strips) on lower-volume roads based on risk thresholds. He noted one underserved area that extends west from the Stansbury Mountains to the state border and recommended the county target that area for grant applications.
Council members asked about integrating the plan with imminent projects on Mormon Trail/Silver Avenue and about the plan's data sources. Several council members praised the plan's grant-readiness and recommended staff coordinate with state traffic-safety representatives to pursue HSIP and other funding. After discussion the council moved to adopt the plan; the motion passed by voice vote.
The adopted plan does not obligate the county to immediate construction; it creates a prioritized framework and unlocks federal/state funding eligibility for site-specific safety projects and training for county staff.
