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Highway safety meeting today in Owensboro |
Advocate Staff Report news@ucadvocate.com
Wednesday, September 29, 2004
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet's Division of Driver Safety and its Drive Smart Kentucky Program announced Monday that a U.S. 60 Highway Safety Corridor meeting will be held today, Wednesday September 29, at 10 a.m. at the Green River Area Development District (GRADD) office, Owensboro.
The Drive Smart Kentucky campaign goal is to reduce fatalities, injuries and property damage crashes throughout the state, with a focus on targeted corridors with a higher than average number of crashes. The meeting is to direct efforts toward a local team concept along U.S. 60 along Union, Henderson, Daviess and Hancock counties.
Meeting with Transportation Cabinet officials will be representatives from the Area Development Districts, local government officials, local law enforcement agencies, Kentucky State Police, Kentucky Vehicle Enforcement, schools, emergency responders, and other safety advocates.
Boyd Sigler, the cabinet's Highway Safety Operations Manager, said, "This program is to reduce fatalities and injuries along the U.S. 60 corridor through a data-driven process which is a part of the Transportation Cabinet's Highway Safety Management System.
It will identify statistical data such as seat belt usage rates, collision data, citation data and other traffic safety information to develop goals and strategies and create implementation plans. These plans will include engineering, enforcement, education and emergency response efforts. Similar plans will be used along other identified corridors in each of the Transportation Cabinet's highway districts."
For additional Transportation Cabinet safety and media information, contact Michael Goins, Executive Director, Division of Public Affairs, (502)-564-3419.
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