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Box Elder council accepts Safe Streets and Roads for All plan to guide future safety projects
Summary
The Box Elder City Council accepted a Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) safety action plan intended to guide future grant applications and prioritize intersection and multimodal safety improvements across the city.
The Box Elder City Council on Aug. 20 accepted a Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) safety action plan developed by KLJ Engineering to guide future transportation-safety projects and federal grant applications.
Ian Severson, planner for KLJ Engineering, told the council the planning-stage document includes an executive summary and a roughly 100-page full report with a 10-year crash analysis covering January 2013 through December 2022. "There were 824 crashes," he said, adding the tally averages about "82.4 per year" and includes seven fatal crashes and 32 incapacitating crashes concentrated along I-90, Highway 1416, North Ellsworth Road and Liberty Boulevard.
The plan pulls recommendations from 11 prior studies, documents a community engagement process with stakeholders including the Douglas School District and the Rapid City MPO, and lists prioritized short-term projects. Severson highlighted priority intersection work at Highway 1416 and Radar Hill Road and a proposed roundabout at the Highway 1416/Bridal Hill Road intersection, among other bicycle, pedestrian and roadway projects.
Council members said the plan will position Box Elder for USDOT implementation grants once projects are identified. After questions from council about cost estimates and project prioritization, Councilor Davis moved to accept the plan; the motion passed on a roll-call vote with one member voting no.
Next steps described by staff include using the plan to pursue implementation funding and feeding the SS4A recommendations into the city's upcoming transportation plan.
