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Yahoo
13-04-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
City of Terre Haute launches new initiative to focus on safe streets
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (WTWO/WAWV) — The city of Terre Haute held their first community outreach event Saturday for their latest initiative. It's called 'Safe Streets Terre Haute'. A safety action plan that will be focused on reducing and eliminating serious injuries and fatal crashes on city streets. The projects will be funded by a $200,000 grant from the Indiana Department of Transportation. This morning, the city held their first community outreach event at the Vigo County Public Library. City Engineer Marcus Maurer said input from the community is crucial for location areas that need improvement. 'We're looking for any issues where people have incidents, accidents, or close calls', Maurer said. 'Accident reports will show us where things have happened, but what we don't know is where people have concerns that don't show up on accident reports. This is a great opportunity for the public to get out and make some of those issues known and give us an opportunity to put them together into one big study. Now, we can look at them while we have some funds in place to do it.' The city said they will continue to have community outreach events to help the 'Safe Streets Terre Haute' initiative. Right now, they have an interactive map for residents to highlights areas they believe need improving. You can visit that map or take a survey here. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
07-04-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Safe Streets Terre Haute initiative aims to make safer roads
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (WTWO/WAWV) – The City of Terre Haute is excited to launch the 'Safe Streets Terre Haute' initiative to develop a comprehensive Safety Action Plan aimed at reducing and eliminating serious injuries and fatal crashes on the City's roadways. Focus will be directed toward vulnerable road users, including pedestrians, cyclists, motorcyclists, children, the elderly, and persons with disabilities. According to a news release from the city of Terre Haute, this initiative is funded by a 2023 $200,000 Safety Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation. By following the SS4A collaborative approach, which incorporates data analysis and emphasizes stakeholder engagement and public outreach, the City hopes to create a safer transportation environment for all users. The city noted that they are following schedule: • Winter 2025 – Data analysis • Spring 2025 – Public outreach and stakeholder engagement • Summer 2025 – Present draft Safety Action Plan to the public • September 2025 – Final Safety Action Plan (project completion) The first community outreach activity will be Saturday, April 12, 9am-1pm at the Vigo County Public Library. You are encouraged by the city to stop in to learn more about 'Safe Streets Terre Haute' and to provide your input to help influence decision-making. The project team will be available an hour before and after the event to discuss opportunities and challenges in making streets safer in Terre Haute. City of Terre Haute plans improvements to local parks According to the news release, 'the Safety Action Plan will serve as a living blueprint to understand transportation safety needs, identify roadway safety projects, and help inform funding priorities. The City looks forward to working together to create a safer transportation environment for all Terre Haute residents and visitors.' For more information, please contact City Planner Maitri Desai at Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
