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County approves FHWA Safe Streets grant agreement and awards $130,000 RFQ for engineering
Summary
Saint Clair County approved a Federal Highway Administration Safe Streets for All agreement to develop a comprehensive safety plan and demonstration projects and awarded RFQ 2026‑40 to Sine and Associates for $130,000 in engineering services to design demonstration projects and the plan.
The Saint Clair County Commission approved an agreement from the Federal Highway Administration under the Safe Streets for All (SS4A) program to develop a comprehensive countywide safety plan including demonstration projects, and then approved awarding RFQ 2026‑40 for engineering services to Sine and Associates.
County Engineer Clay Phillips outlined the scope: the grant funds a comprehensive safety plan and temporary demonstration projects designed to improve safety across county roads and in municipalities. "Per the agreement with Federal Highway, it's to be a $130,000" engineering amount for the grant project, Phillips said, and recommended Sine and Associates for the RFQ award to handle plan development and design for the demonstration projects.
Commissioners approved both the grant agreement and the recommendation to award the engineering contract by voice votes. The engineering award is structured to comply with the SS4A grant requirements; county staff said the firm will work with county and municipal stakeholders to design demonstration projects and produce deliverables required by FHWA.
The commission directed staff to finalize the grant documentation and the engineering agreement consistent with FHWA requirements and to return any contract documents for attorney review as needed. No detailed timeline for demonstration‑project construction or total project budget beyond the $130,000 engineering allocation was included in the discussion at the meeting.
