Monday, 24 September 2007 01:48
New Report Identifies Stretch Of Hwy 88 As “Most Severe” In Terms Of Safety Needs
As part of a response to a Federal requirement
that every state describes it’s most severe highway safety needs, the State of
California has released its report and in that report Hwy 88 in Amador County
has made the list. The report includes potential remedies to the hazardous
locations identified, the estimated costs of the remedies; and impediments to
implementation of the remedies other than costs. The report was lead by Caltrans, who assembled a team of traffic safety
stakeholders to analyze available data and explore approaches to identify
locations for the 2006 Annual 5 Percent Report.
The team included: the California Highway Patrol
(CHP), Caltrans, the Department of Motor Vehicles, the League of California
Cites, the County Engineers Association of California, California State
Association of Counties, the Traffic Safety Center
– University of California Berkeley, and the Federal
Highway Administration (FHWA). The team determined that available statewide
data was insufficient to
identify locations on all public roadways, both State and local, but Caltrans
did have the data, processes and procedures in place to analyze and report on
locations for the State Highway System. This is located above Pioneer. Amador County
has no intersections making the list.
