To: Board of County Commissioners
Through: Bryan Weimer, Director, Public Works and Development
Prepared By:
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Steven Buckley, Engineer III, Transportation, Public Works and Development
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Presenter: Steven Buckley, Engineer III; Jim Katzer, Transportation Manager, Public Works and Development
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Subject:
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2:30 PM *Arapahoe County Comprehensive Safety Action Plan
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Purpose and Request:
recommended action
The purpose of this Study Session is update the Board about the status of the Comprehensive Safety Action Plan, inform the Board about the feedback received from public engagement activities, summarize the key findings of crash data analysis, present a draft list of future safety enhancement projects that have been selected to correct identified safety issues, and to solicit the Board's feedback on the criteria used in project prioritization and plan implementation.
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Alignment with Strategic Plan: Safe and Healthy Communities - Advance public safety by strengthening partnerships across law enforcement, emergency response, and community stakeholders.
Background and Discussion: The Transportation Division is currently working on a Comprehensive Safety Action Plan for the unincorporated areas of the County. This Plan continues a long-established practice of the Division to seek continuous improvements to roadway safety for all users by periodically preparing a plan that prioritizes future Capital and Operational safety projects on the County's roadways.
This Comprehensive Safety Action Plan project will be based on the Safe Systems Approach to reduce deaths and serious injuries on the County's roads, and will:
1) Examine the last seven years of crash data on all public roadways in the unincorporated areas of the County (except for limited access highways such as E-470, I-70, etc.), with a particular focus on identifying root causes of crashes that caused fatalities or severe injuries.
2) Determine high-cras...
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