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Safe & Prosperous |
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Active & Appealing |
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Ordinance - Introduction |
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Ordinance - Adoption |
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Yuma Road Safety Action Plan
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SUMMARY RECOMMENDATION:
Summary Recommendation
Adopt the August 2026 Yuma Road Safety Action Plan. (Engineering) (Dave Wostenberg)
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STRATEGIC OUTCOME:
This action supports the City Council’s strategic outcomes of Safe and Prosperous and Active and Appealing by providing a data-driven framework for reducing fatal and serious injury crashes, improving road safety, and supporting an accessible multimodal transportation system, as well as supporting coordinated infrastructure planning and public engagement.
REPORT:
The City developed the Yuma Road Safety Action Plan using Federal Safe Streets and Roads for All grant funding and State AZ Smart funding. The planning process included safety performance analysis, public and stakeholder engagement, safety solution development, and preparation of project, systemic, and policy recommendations. The study area includes City-owned roadways and roadways owned by Yuma County and the Arizona Department of Transportation within the defined Yuma study area.
The plan vision is “Ensuring a safe and accessible multimodal transportation system.” The plan establishes goals to reduce fatal and serious injury crashes by two-thirds by 2040, with an ultimate goal of zero fatal and serious injury crashes; apply the same reduction goal to pedestrian and bicyclist-involved fatal and serious injury crashes; and improve transit user safety and experience. Analysis of 2015-2024 data identified 17,387 crashes, including 431 suspected serious injury crashes and 104 fatal crashes. The fatal crash rate increased 112 percent during the analysis period. Key emphasis areas include intersections, lane departures, motorcyclists, nighttime conditions, pedestrians, bicyclists, impaired driving, speeding, and non-use of safety devices. A High Injury Network identifies priority roadway segments and intersections based on crash frequency, severity, and exposure-adjusted rates.
Public and stakeholder engagement included an online interactive map, surveys, a virtual public meeting, community pop-up events, festival outreach, Technical Advisory Committee meetings, and safety strategies and countermeasures workshop. The plan recommends eight high-priority projects: intersection improvements at 32nd Street and Pacific Avenue, 32nd Street and Avenue 3E, 32nd Street and 8th Avenue, Avenue B and 8th Street, Avenue B and 16th Street, and Avenue B and 20th Street; corridor improvements on 4th Avenue from 1st Street to Catalina Drive, 24th Street from 18th Avenue to 4th Avenue, 5th Avenue from 6th Street to 13th Street, and Magnolia Avenue from 1st Street to 3rd Street. Planning-level costs total $31,330,000. Individual projects require further study, design refinement, funding identification, and separate authorization before implementation. Additional recommendations address vulnerable-road-user protections, multimodal access, infrastructure modernization, systemic countermeasures, education, enforcement, signal improvements, lighting, speed management, and roadway safety studies.
Following adoption, next steps include incorporating priority projects into the Capital Improvement Program, implementing policy and systemic recommendations, pursuing Safe Streets and Roads for All implementation grants and other funding, conducting annual monitoring and evaluation, and updating the plan approximately every five years. Adoption establishes a strategic guide and does not authorize construction contracts or commit funding for individual projects. Future projects and expenditures will proceed through applicable budget, Capital Improvement Program, grant, procurement, and Council approval processes.
FISCAL REQUIREMENTS:
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FISCAL IMPACT STATEMENT:
No immediate fiscal impact is associated with adoption of the Yuma Road Safety Action Plan. Future implementation of recommended projects, policies, and programs will depend on available City funds, grants, bonds developer contributions, or other funding sources and will be considered through separate budgetary and council actions.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS NOT ATTACHED TO THE CITY COUNCIL ACTION FORM THAT ARE ON FILE IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK:
1. August 2026 Yuma Road Safety Action Plan.
IF CITY COUNCIL ACTION INCLUDES A CONTRACT, LEASE OR AGREEMENT, WHO WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ROUTING THE DOCUMENT FOR SIGNATURE AFTER CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL?
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City Clerk’s Office |
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Document to be codified |
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Acting City Administrator: |
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John D. Simonton |
10/12/2026 |
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Reviewed by City Attorney: |
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Richard W. Files |
10/08/2026 |