The Washington State Strategic Highway Safety Plan has set a Target Zero goal of zero fatalities and serious injuries on Washington’s roadways by the year 2030. The City of Yakima supports the Washington State Department of Transportation's (WSDOT) Target Zero goal and wishes to provide a safe transportation system for the residents of the City of Yakima. WSDOT’s City Safety Program provides grants to Washington cities to develop engineering solutions to reduce and eliminate fatal and serious injury crashes.
To receive funding through the WSDOT City Safety Program, the City of Yakima must have an adopted City Safety Plan in place at the time of application. City Engineering has prepared a Local Road Safety Plan that meets WSDOT's requirements as outlined in the Local Agency Guidelines (LAG) Manual. The plan analyzed Yakima crash data from 2016 to 2020 and developed a list of possible projects and locations where funding could be utilized. |