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Authorizing City staff to apply for and accept Safe Streets for All funding to implement transportation safety improvements entitled “the Eastside Systemic Transportation Safety Improvement Project.”
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WHEREAS, Mayor Carter’s Administration and the Saint Paul City Council value innovation, resilience, equity, and safety in our transportation system and in creating a city that works for all; and
WHEREAS, the federal government in January 2022 introduced the National Roadway Safety Strategy to outline a comprehensive approach to significantly reduce serious injuries and deaths on the nation’s highways, roads, and streets; and
WHEREAS, the National Roadway Safety Strategy promotes the employment of a Safe Systems Approach to reducing and eliminating crashes, including strategies to provide for safer people, vehicles, roads, speeds, and post-crash care; and
WHEREAS, the federal government established as part of the 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law the Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) program with $5 billion in appropriated funds over five years to plan for and implement changes that will reduce and prevent roadway deaths and serious injuries; and
WHEREAS, the Safe Streets for All (SS4A) program requires eligible applicants to have a transportation safety action plan; and
WHEREAS, Public Works staff and partners are engaging communities across Saint Paul and working with partner agencies to complete the Safe Streets for All: Transportation Safety Action Plan to identify and eliminate fatalities and serious injuries from traffic crashes for everyone; and
WHEREAS, the Safe Streets for All: Transportation Safety Action Plan will help prioritize roadway and infrastructure projects that address safety challenges for residents of the city and support future funding opportunities for safety projects, while centering people and communities most affected by traffic-related injuries and fatalities; and
WHEREAS, having analyzed crash data cit...
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