This project will result in the creation of the gilroy comprehensive roadway safety action plan (gcrsp), also known as a local road safety plan (lrsp)

The City of Gilroy received a $190,000 Project Grant from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) under the Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) program (CFDA 20.939), effective September 15, 2025, with a completion date of March 15, 2029. This planning grant funds the development of the Gilroy Comprehensive Roadway Safety Action Plan (GCRSP), a local road safety plan (LRSP) designed to systematically reduce roadway fatalities and serious injuries through a risk-based, data-driven, and collaborative approach.

The deliverables under this award include a comprehensive planning document that incorporates stakeholder and community engagement, collision and roadway data analysis, identification of emphasis areas and countermeasures aligned with the FHWA's Safe Systems Approach and California's Strategic Highway Safety Plan (SHSP), and development of a prioritization methodology for traffic safety projects. The final product is a living document that establishes a funding, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation plan to guide the City of Gilroy's traffic safety initiatives, resource prioritization, and pursuit of additional funding to achieve measurable improvements in roadway safety for all users.

The lrsp will be a risk-based, data-driven, and collaborative effort. The lrsp will align with relevant existing city plans, caltrans strategic highway safety plan (shsp), and the safe systems approach as defined by the federal highway administration. The lrsp will engage with key stakeholders and the community; collect and assemble relevant data; conduct collision and roadway analysis; identify emphasis areas and countermeasures; create a prioritization methodology for traffic safety projects; identify and prioritize potential projects; develop a funding, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation plan. The outcome of this effort is a living document that will help the city evaluate traffic safety issues, prioritize resources, pursue funding, and achieve goals of improving traffic safety.