Through the Safe Streets and Roads for All Safety Action Plan, RTC will identify transportation focused safety needs and improvements across Clark County
VANCOUVER – The Southwest Washington Regional Transportation Council (RTC) wants to hear from people in Clark County about making our streets safer. Through the Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) Safety Action Plan, RTC will identify transportation focused safety needs and improvements across Clark County.
The key goal for the plan is to try to eliminate fatal and serious injury crashes by 2030 for people walking, biking, rolling, and driving. The plan will help RTC officials better understand current trends, policies, and needs through data analysis and community input,then apply for grant funding to improve safety where it is needed most.
This is the second virtual open house for the project, and it will run until Tuesday, Dec. 31. Community members can find the virtual open house at the online project webpage: https://rtc.wa.gov/studies/sap/ The online open house will allow community members to participate by weighing in on programmatic solutions and location specific solutions across the county.
For questions related to the RTC Safety Action Plan development or to request updates about this project you can reach out to Jennifer Campos at Jennifer.Campos@rtc.wa.gov or (564) 397-5213.
https://www.rtc.wa.gov/press/release.asp?id=185
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Thanks for posting, On Nextdoor, “SW Regional Transportation Council (SW RTC) wants your input on ways to make #ClarkWA streets safer. Your input will help RTC identify safety improvements and solutions across the county. Share your feedback in their virtual open house now through Dec. 20.”
Neither announcement notes the time of the deadline, guessing 11:59 PM on Friday Dec. 20.
This press release doesn’t even include a map identifying the proposed areas for change, or the types of changes being promoted. To find out the details of the changes proposed, residents need to take the survey. I encourage everybody to reply to the 2 surveys with written comments, and ratings. The survey doesn’t spell out that plans include removing lanes of vehicle traffic on existing roads as was done on SE 34th St. in Vancouver, impacting the intersection at 164th. I emailed the contact on Monday, no reply yet. Also called the contact number and left a message, no reply yet. Clearly, residents of the communities soon to be impacted have not gotten the word about these plans to alter many roads throughout the county. This virtual open house should be extended to year end at least. I attended a city council meeting, and RTC was discussed, no mention of the current survey though. Washougal hasn’t had a city countil meeting since Dec. 3 it seems. Does the city council even know about the proposed changes? I doubt residents do. Vancouver, Clark County, Battleground, Washougal, Camas changes throughout the county.
Update: Today I got an email response about county-wide RTC surveys on possible bus stop and road changes. Good news. The deadline has been extended until Friday, Dec. 27 so please take the surveys.
This sounds like “Complete Streets” by another name.
Don’t walk away from this, run.
Now is the time to offer your input, take the surveys before the decisions are set in concrete and asphalt.
Sadly they will do what they want, no matter what people say. Typical government BS.