To: Board of Supervisors
From: Public Works
Agenda Section: Departmental
Vote Requirement: Majority
SUBJECT:
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Local Road Safety Plan
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Receive the staff report on the completed Local Roadway Safety Plan;
2. Accept and File the Local Roadway Safety Plan; and
3. Direct Public Works to incorporate the recommendations in the Local Roadway Safety Plan for future safety projects within the County of Humboldt Roadway System.
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STRATEGIC PLAN:
This action supports the following areas of your Board's Strategic Plan.
Area of Focus: Safe & Healthy Communities
Strategic Plan Category: 1007 - Improve the transportation network to be multi-model, safe, sustainable and equitable
DISCUSSION:
On Jan. 30, 2024, the Humboldt County Department of Public Works received grant funding from the California Department of Transportation to develop a Local Roadway Safety Plan ("LRSP"). The LRSP is identified in the Humboldt County Strategic Plan for 2024 to 2028 to be an area of focus for Safe and Healthy Communities. Public works contracted with on-call professional design engineering consultant, GHD Inc. to develop the LRSP by the completion deadline of September 2024.
The LRSP provides a framework for organizing stakeholders with the purpose to identify, analyze and prioritize roadway safety needs. This plan followed these steps: establish leadership, analyze safety data, determine emphasis areas, identify strategies, prioritize and incorporate strategies, and evaluate and update. The LRSP development began by establishing a leadership team with Humboldt County Department of Public Works and GHD, Inc. The leadership team then formed the stakeholder working group with local agencies and community organizations representing the five E's of traffic safety: Engineering, Enforcement, Education, Emergency Services, and Emerging Technologies. The working group met to discuss the collisio...
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