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Presentation By James Comar, Broward Metropolitan Planning Organization (BMPO), and Christine Fanchi, WSP, Regarding Safe Streets and Roads For All (SS4A) Grant Program.
Strategic Plan Focus
Infrastructure & Facilities
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Staff Recommends: Presentation.
Explanation:
A presentation coordinated by the Department of Development Services Engineering, Transportation & Mobility Division on the Safe Streets and Roads For All grant program. James Cromar with Broward Metropolitan Planning Organization (BMPO) and Christine Fanchi, with WSP, will be providing an overview of the Safe Streets For All (SS4A) grant program and a proposed project on Taft Street between SR7 and North 70th Terrace.
The SS4A is a $5 million dollar grant awarded by the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) to BMPO and Broward County. With this grant funding, BMPO and Broward County committed to developing an action plan with county-wide implementation strategies to prevent roadway deaths and serious injuries. The action plan is known as the Broward Safety Action Plan (BSAP) and includes three main components: data management, policy recommendations, and a prioritized list of capital improvement projects.
The BSAP has identified Taft Street from SR7 to North 70th Terrace as one of the eleven priority corridors. The BSAP team is in the conceptual and planning stages of developing a series of strategies / improvements to reduce fatalities and serious injuries along the corridor. Some of the conceptual improvement ideas include roundabouts, medians, crosswalks, pedestrian refugee, upgraded street lighting, and raised intersections.
The project team will provide an overview of the BSAP, their findings, improvement ideas for the corridor and timing.
Fiscal Impact:
This presentation will not fiscally impact the City.
Recommended for inclusion on the agenda by:
Clarissa Ip, P.E., City Engineer
Andria Wingett, Director of Development Services
Raelin Storey, Assistant Ci...
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