TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (WTWO/WAWV) — The city of Terre Haute held their first community outreach event Saturday for their latest initiative.
It’s called “Safe Streets Terre Haute”. A safety action plan that will be focused on reducing and eliminating serious injuries and fatal crashes on city streets.
The projects will be funded by a $200,000 grant from the Indiana Department of Transportation.
This morning, the city held their first community outreach event at the Vigo County Public Library.
City Engineer Marcus Maurer said input from the community is crucial for location areas that need improvement.
“We’re looking for any issues where people have incidents, accidents, or close calls”, Maurer said. “Accident reports will show us where things have happened, but what we don’t know is where people have concerns that don’t show up on accident reports. This is a great opportunity for the public to get out and make some of those issues known and give us an opportunity to put them together into one big study. Now, we can look at them while we have some funds in place to do it.”
The city said they will continue to have community outreach events to help the “Safe Streets Terre Haute” initiative.
Right now, they have an interactive map for residents to highlights areas they believe need improving. You can visit that map or take a survey here.
