# County traffic-safety study is under way; engineer says public meetings come this winter

## What happened
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. [16:50](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ljTY9vWBZQ&t=1010) The study will also cover railroad crossings and use cell-phone data on hard braking and near misses. [17:52](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ljTY9vWBZQ&t=1072) The engineer said the study kicked off last week and that public meetings and social media surveys will come over the winter. [18:55](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ljTY9vWBZQ&t=1135) Commissioners approved the study contract on August 18, so this is the second time it has appeared before them. [14:12](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8gKrrpK8ho&t=852)

## The outcome
No vote was taken; this was an update, and the engineer said the study takes about a year. [19:29](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ljTY9vWBZQ&t=1169)

## Sources
- [Commissioner raises Woodsmall crash, 16:19](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ljTY9vWBZQ&t=979)
- [Engineer explains the grant, 16:50](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ljTY9vWBZQ&t=1010)
- [Railroad crossings and cell-phone data, 17:52](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ljTY9vWBZQ&t=1072)
- [Public meetings and surveys, 18:55](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ljTY9vWBZQ&t=1135)
- [About a year, 19:29](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ljTY9vWBZQ&t=1169)
- [Contract approved Aug. 18, 14:12](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8gKrrpK8ho&t=852)

*Also known as: Safe Streets for All · SS4A · Woodsmall Road safety · county traffic safety study · zero traffic deaths plan*