JACKSON, Mich. (WLNS) — Jackson County transportation officers are planning to launch a “Safe Streets and Roads for All” initiative aimed toward fixing the roads and saving lives.
The initiative comes after the Jackson Division of Transportation (JDOT) just lately acquired a federal grant to assessment all of the roads within the county with a purpose to develop a method to make journey safer and extra environment friendly.
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“It will definitely be able to address some of the road concerns, fixing some of the roads, which is an initiative, I know JDOT is working heavily on right now,” mentioned Jackson Transportation Authority (JATA) Authorities and Neighborhood Relations Supervisor Hunter Causie. “JDOT is working very diligently to make our roads as safe and efficient as possible.”
Causie says the initiative’s security motion plan will deal with which streets want consideration however provides resident suggestions is a big a part of the answer.
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“We’re using multiple tools right now, a surveying tool as well as an interactive map tool to click on that map or write in the survey of where you feel is unsafe. What’s happening in these areas, and you can report it super interactive and very cool and intuitive,” Causie mentioned.
Dena Morgan is a group advocate and has lived in Jackson her total life. She says the roads have not modified in many years and automobile repairs for residents have solely worsened.
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“We’re using multiple tools right now, a surveying tool as well as an interactive map tool to click on that map or write in the survey of where you feel is unsafe. What’s happening in these areas, and you can report it. Super interactive and very cool and intuitive,” Causie mentioned.
Causie factors to federal funding as enjoying an important function within the creation and success of tasks like these.
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“We cannot function without it. A lot of roads would not be fixed without it. There would be, I mean, we would be on dirt roads a lot of the time without that federal funding,” Causie mentioned.
Causie says surveys are already out for group suggestions on the areas that almost all want consideration.
