Weymouth council endorses Vision 0 safe-streets resolution to pursue federal implementation funding

The Weymouth Town Council voted May 5 to endorse Resolution 25 0 7 1, endorsing Vision 0—a town initiative to eliminate traffic deaths and serious injuries by 2035—and directed the mayor to form a permanent Vision 0 committee and require annual reporting on progress.

Bob Luong (planning) read the proposed resolution into the record. "The town of Weymouth hereby adopts a goal of eliminating traffic deaths and serious injury crashes by the year 2035," the resolution states. Consultant Bill Scully of Kimley-Horn & Associates summarized the planning work funded by a $336,000 federal Safe Streets for All grant and highlighted the plan’s findings: a set of 32 high-injury locations, a mix of low-cost and high-cost engineering countermeasures, and complementary non-engineering actions such as enforcement and education.

Scully said the May-to-June timetable is important: the town’s plan completion makes it eligible to pursue implementation grants, with an application deadline cited as June 26; those grants typically require a 20% local match, which the town must identify if it seeks project funding. He described recommended actions including eliminating or recommending no-turn-on-red at locally controlled signals, "daylighting" intersections, targeted road diets and speed-management measures, and education and enforcement partnerships with police and schools.

After questions about committee makeup and how recommendations interact with ordinance and charter processes, the council took same-night action and voted favorable action to endorse the Vision 0 resolution. Staff said the endorsement signals leadership commitment and positions the town to pursue implementation funds and local partnerships to carry out the plan.