Present strategy for prioritizing traffic safety improvement requests from residents
In Plain English
Richmond receives many resident requests for traffic safety improvements like crosswalks and speed bumps throughout the city. The city hired consultants to create a system for tracking, evaluating and prioritizing these requests based on factors like crash data and community equity. Staff will present this new strategy and ask for council direction on how to move forward with a $750,000 budget.
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Votes
To approve the seventeen projects recommended by staff and add the Barrett Avenue and Key Boulevard intersection as the eighteenth project; and add to the $750,000 the funds that were in the Capital Improvement Projects (CIP) budget for $300,000, and the $150,000 that was allocated in the CIP budget for the American Rescue Plan Act needs assessment that was no longer needed, for a total of $1.2 million for staff to start working on the plan
6 to 0
Why This Vote Matters
Richmond approved a $1.2 million plan to tackle traffic safety improvements across the city, with broad support in a 6-1 vote. The council expanded the original $750,000 proposal by adding $450,000 from other city funds and approved 18 specific projects, including crosswalks, speed bumps, and intersection improvements at locations like Barrett Avenue and Key Boulevard. This new strategy will help the city systematically respond to the many resident requests for traffic safety measures by prioritizing projects based on crash data and community equity. The plan continues the council's strong pattern of support for infrastructure improvements, with most members historically voting for such measures over 90% of the time.
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Public Comments
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