HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025-051 Authorization for an Application to US Dept. of Transportation (USDot) for SS4ARESOLUTION NO. 2025-51
A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT AND AUTHORIZATION FOR AN APPLICATION TO THE UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (USDOT) FOR A 2025 SAFE STREETS AND ROADS FOR ALL
IMPLEMENTATION GRANT FOR HIGHWAY 65 (CENTRAL AVE) IMPROVEMENTS CONSISTENT WITH SAFEETY
ENHANCING STRATEGIES IDENTIFIED IN THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIUS REGIONAL PEDESTRIAN SAFETY
ACTION PLAN
The United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) has announced the availability of $982 million in
federal funding for the 2025 Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) Grant Program; and
The SS4A grant program funds projects that improve roadway safety by significantly reducing or eliminating
roadway fatalities and serious injuries; and
The Metropolitan Council's Regional Pedestrian Safety Action Plan (RPSAP) laid out effective safety strategies
that meet the SS4A program eligibility requirements; and
The proposed improvements are consistent with safety measures recommended in the Metropolitan Council's
RPSAP as well as recommendations from the Columbia Heights 2040 Transportation Plan, and the Columbia
Heights Safety Action Plan (to be completed Summer 2025); and
The project area experiences poor operating conditions and a high crash rate. These conditions are expected
to only worsen without improvements; and
The completion of proposed safety improvements along Central Avenue is critical to reduce safety risk for
roadway users; and,
The planned addition of a bus rapid transit line (the F Line) along Highway 65 in the project area is projected to
only increase the corridors safety concerns; and,
The City of Columbia Heights, in partnership with MnDOT, has local funds committed to providing the required
20% match.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, in accordance with all ordinances and regulations of the City of Columbia
Heights, the City Council of the City of Columbia Heights makes the following: that the City Council supports
and approves a grant funding request to the USDOT SS4A grant program to construct the proposed safety
solutions along Highway 65.
Passed this 91h day of June 2025
Offered by: Deneen
Seconded by: James
Roll Call: All Ayes, Spriggs Absent
Arvada Marquez Simulalayor
Attest:
Sara Ion, City Clerk/Council Secretary
Resolution 2025-051