County traffic-safety study is under way; engineer says public meetings come this winter
Who it touches
- Woodsmall Road
- county railroad crossings
Tracked in the archive
After a commissioner raised a weekend crash on Woodsmall Road, the county engineer explained the Safe Streets for All program (a federal grant for safety studies) and said the county applied for $400,000 with a $100,000 county match, a $500,000 total, to study the county's whole road network. 0:16:50 — open the recording, cued to 16 minutes 50 seconds
The study will also cover railroad crossings and use cell-phone data on hard braking and near misses. 0:17:52 — open the recording, cued to 17 minutes 52 seconds
The engineer said the study kicked off last week and that public meetings and social media surveys will come over the winter. 0:18:55 — open the recording, cued to 18 minutes 55 seconds
Commissioners approved the study contract on August 18, so this is the second time it has appeared before them. 0:14:12 — open the recording, cued to 14 minutes 12 seconds
More from the record
- Commissioner raises Woodsmall crash, 16:190:16:19 (16 minutes 19 seconds)
- About a year, 19:290:19:29 (19 minutes 29 seconds)
Outcome
Informational; no vote taken
No vote was taken; this was an update, and the engineer said the study takes about a year. 19:29
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