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 The study will also cover railroad crossings and use cell-phone data on hard braking and near misses. 17:52 The engineer said the study kicked off last week and that public meetings and social media surveys will come over the winter. 18:55 Commissioners approved the study contract on August 18, so this is the second time it has appeared before them. 14:12

The outcome

No vote was taken; this was an update, and the engineer said the study takes about a year. 19:29

Sources

• Commissioner raises Woodsmall crash, 16:19
• Engineer explains the grant, 16:50
• Railroad crossings and cell-phone data, 17:52
• Public meetings and surveys, 18:55
• About a year, 19:29
• Contract approved Aug. 18, 14:12

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