Quick take
- Shreveport was selected for a $2,269,600 federal Safe Streets and Roads for All grant for Safe Streets for Shreveport Phase 1, the city said in a Nov. 2 release.
- The money is aimed at 10 corridors and intersections flagged in the Northwest Louisiana Council of Governments Regional Safety Action Plan. Planned work includes pavement markings, lighting, sidewalks, high-visibility crosswalks, pedestrian crossing signals, speed feedback signs and intersection upgrades, including converting selected Kelly Key Street intersections to all-way stops.
- The city said the full project is about $2.8 million and that it expects at least a 10% crash cut at each site. From 2019 to 2023, Shreveport recorded 38,596 crashes, including 124 fatal crashes; the 10 sites had nine fatal crashes and 65 injury crashes in that period.
- The federal award was announced Oct. 30. The city still has to finish the grant agreement with the Federal Highway Administration before funded work starts. The money is for city-maintained roads, not state highways through the city, KTBS reported.
Shreveport has a new federal check coming for crash-heavy corners. The city was selected for a $2,269,600 Safe Streets and Roads for All grant for Safe Streets for Shreveport Phase 1, Mayor Tom Arceneaux’s office said in a Nov. 2 release. The federal award was announced Oct. 30.
The money is aimed at 10 corridors and intersections identified in the Northwest Louisiana Council of Governments Regional Safety Action Plan as having higher crash rates. Planned upgrades include new pavement markings, upgraded lighting, sidewalks, high-visibility crosswalks, pedestrian crossing signals, speed feedback signs and other intersection work. The city also plans to convert selected intersections along Kelly Key Street to all-way stops. Map notes in the release say those improvements are preliminary and may change in design.
What the city expects
The city describes the full project as about $2.8 million and says it anticipates at least a 10% crash reduction at each of the 10 sites. Between 2019 and 2023, Shreveport recorded 38,596 traffic crashes, including 124 fatal crashes and 475 crashes with suspected serious injuries, the release said. The 10 project locations accounted for nine fatal crashes and 65 injury crashes in that period.
KTBS reported Nov. 5 that the work is limited to city-maintained roadways and will not go on state-maintained highways that run through the city. The city still has to finish the grant agreement with the Federal Highway Administration before the funded improvements begin. No final construction schedule has been posted.