County signs $469,000 contract to study traffic safety problems countywide
Who it touches: Anyone who drives, walks, or bikes in Vigo County could eventually see safety changes at locations the study flags as dangerous, and residents will get a chance to weigh in at public meetings held over the roughly year-long study.
Commissioners approved a $469,000 contract with American Structure Point to carry out a countywide traffic-safety study, using a federal Safe Streets for All grant the county had previously received. (11:15, 0:11:46 — open the recording, cued to 11 minutes 46 seconds
The study will build a safety action plan covering the whole county, drawing on crash data plus cell-phone data that can identify near-miss incidents that never get officially reported, with public meetings and a social-media outreach effort planned. (12:14, 0:13:08 — open the recording, cued to 13 minutes 8 seconds
The county engineer's office said the goal is to work toward zero traffic fatalities in the community. 0:12:38 — open the recording, cued to 12 minutes 38 seconds
More from the record
- Contract and grant explained0:11:15 (11 minutes 15 seconds)
- Public meetings and data collection0:12:14 (12 minutes 14 seconds)
- Voice vote approval0:14:12 (14 minutes 12 seconds)
Outcome
Approved on a voice vote
Approved on a voice vote; no per-member tally was recorded.
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