The bipartisan infrastructure law (BIL), section 24112 created the safe streets and roads for all (SS4A) grant program to support local initiatives to prevent deaths and serious injuries on roads…

The Federal Highway Administration awarded a $250,000 Project Grant under the Safe Streets and Roads for All (CFDA 20.939) program to the Arrowhead Regional Development Commission in Duluth, MN. The grant will support the development of a comprehensive Duluth-Superior Metropolitan Interstate Council Area Safety Action Plan. Key activities include conducting data analysis, stakeholder engagement, feasibility studies using quick-build strategies, and piloting new technologies and operational programs to enhance roadway safety and reduce fatal and serious injury crashes in the region. The project will be completed by October 31, 2026.

The bipartisan infrastructure law (BIL), section 24112 created the safe streets and roads for all (SS4A) grant program to support local initiatives to prevent deaths and serious injuries on roads and streets. Planning and demonstration grants provide federal funds to eligible applicants to develop or complete a comprehensive safety action plan. These grants may also fund supplemental planning and demonstration activities to support or enhance an existing action plan. Supplemental planning activities could include but are not limited to: developing additional complementary safety plans; road safety audits; conducting data collection and analysis; updating existing action plans; and stakeholder engagement and collaboration. Demonstration activities could include but are not limited to: feasibility studies using quick-build strategies; various mutcd engineering studies; and pilot programs for behavioral and operational activities, as well as for new technologies. The project contained herein provides SS4A grant funds to support or enhance an action plan and/or conduct supplemental planning and/or demonstration activities in support of an action plan. IT is presented to the duluth-superior metropolitan interstate council, MN for the project 'duluth-superior MIC area safety action plan'; UEI-#M1K7BAEBCCL4.