City to hold open house for input on safer streets

City of Dublin officials want the public’s input on making roads safer in the city limits.

Dublin’s Safe Street and Roads for All (SS4A) Community Safety Action Plan meeting will be held at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 24, in council chambers at Dublin City Hall, 100 S. Church St. Residents are encouraged to learn about the project and the city’s initial data analysis as well as giving input into what they believe is the biggest safety concerns on the streets of Dublin.

“We received a grant for doing some planning as far as our transportation infrastructure,” Dublin City Manager Josh Powell said during the Dublin-Laurens County Chamber of Commerce’s First Friday program on Feb. 6. “It’s money to help us bring in a consultant to help us develop a safety action plan. It is targeting towards us coming up with a plan. It will have specific task that we can do to improve the transportation and structure of the city as well as other things we can do through ordinances.”

A safety action plan will be developed and the city will be able to apply for implementation money in order to make the actual improvement. 

“There is currently a survey on our website or on our Facebook page,” Powell said. 

He said the survey does not take long to fill out. Participants who take the survey will also be able to see an interactive safety map and leave questions and comments. 

“I will encourage people to take the survey,” Powell said. “We all drive up and down the road and see what might be the issues. The goal overall is to eliminate accidents involving pedestrians.”