TO: Mayor and Members of City Council
THRU: Adam Lindsay, Assistant City Manager
FROM: Sheila Thomas-Ambat, PE, CCM, CFM, Public Services Director
Brian McGill, PE, PTOE, Interim Assistant Public Services Director - Traffic Services
DATE: February 10, 2025
RE:
Title
Safe Streets and Roadways for All Grant Agreement Amendment - Revising Schedule
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COUNCIL DISTRICT(S):
Council District(s)
All
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Relationship To Strategic Plan:
Goal I: The City of Fayetteville will be a safe and secure community.
Goal III: The City of Fayetteville will be a city invested in Today and Tomorrow.
Goal V: Be a financially sound city providing exemplary city services.
Goal VI: The City of Fayetteville will continue to have a collaborative citizen and business engagement base.
Executive Summary:
The Safe Streets and Roadways for All (SS4A) grant agreement defines a period of performance with a project deadline of February 19th, 2025. Staff are requesting consent for the City Manager to execute the grant amendment to reflect a period of performance ending on July 19th, 2028. The revised date for the final project report would become January 31st, 2026.
Background:
What Is It: Safe Streets and Roadways for All (SS4A) is a plan to work towards eliminating traffic fatalities and severe injuries on the City's roads. It does this with the help of a consultant as well as a taskforce comprised of stakeholders such as Ft. Liberty, NCDOT, and Cumberland County Schools to name a few. This approach works on the concept that one group won't be able to solve the issue alone. Roadway infrastructure alone won't save lives, but it will require safer people, post-crash care, safer speeds, and working together as a community. The first task we're working through is a data analysis to recommend countermeasures for hot spots, while the second is a public engagement plan. There's a myriad of supporting tasks as well, including reviewing our Residential Traffic Management Progr...
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