# County signs $469,000 contract to study traffic safety problems countywide

## What happened
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](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8gKrrpK8ho&t=675), [11:46](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8gKrrpK8ho&t=706)) 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](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8gKrrpK8ho&t=734), [13:08](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8gKrrpK8ho&t=788)) The county engineer's office said the goal is to work toward zero traffic fatalities in the community. ([12:38](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8gKrrpK8ho&t=758))

## The outcome
Approved on a voice vote; no per-member tally was recorded.

## Sources
- [Contract and grant explained, 11:15](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8gKrrpK8ho&t=675)
- [Project cost breakdown, 11:46](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8gKrrpK8ho&t=706)
- [Public meetings and data collection, 12:14](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8gKrrpK8ho&t=734)
- [Goal of zero traffic fatalities, 12:38](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8gKrrpK8ho&t=758)
- [Timeline, about a year, 13:08](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8gKrrpK8ho&t=788)
- [Voice vote approval, 14:12](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8gKrrpK8ho&t=852)

*Also known as: Safe Streets for All study · SS4A grant · countywide traffic safety study · county traffic safety action plan*