In development: Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) Safety Action Plan (SAP)
A virtual workshop was held on October 30th with the SAP Steering Committee to learn about this important initiative to eliminate deaths and serious injuries on our roadways to shape a safer community for Collier County. See below video recordings from the meeting and click here for its agenda, click here for its presentation, and click here for the minutes of the meeting and its workshops.
The below video includes the introduction to the project to the entire group and then breakout group 1:
The below video includes breakout group 2:
The MPO, with assistance from TY Lin International is partnering with its member governments, including Collier County and the cities of Naples, Marco Island, and Everglades City to develop a SAP, with work beginning March 1st of 2024. It is funded by federal grant ($200,000) with matching contributions from MPO ($10,000) and Board of County Commissioners ($40,000).
The SAP will support the MPO’s and FDOT’s Vision Zero goals, provide a framework to eliminate fatalities and serious injuries on roadways, and improve the safety, health, and well-being of residents and visitors. It will accommodate all modes including walking, bicycling, transit, micromobility (such as ebikes and scooters), and personal and commercial vehicles. It will also replace, by updating and expanding upon, the Local Roads Safety Plan and be incorporated into the 2050 Long Range Transportation Plan, also in development.
The SS4A competitive grant program was created by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), also referred to as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) and administered by the U.S. Department of Transportation. The purpose of SS4A grants is to improve roadway safety by significantly reducing or eliminating roadway fatalities and serious injuries through Safety Action Plan development and implementation, focused on all users.
The SS4A program provides funding for two types of grants: Action Plan Grants and Implementation Grants. Action Plan Grants are used to develop a comprehensive SAP. To apply for an Implementation Grant, an eligible applicant must have a qualifying SAP, of which it implements strategies or projects consistent with the SAP.
Remaining timeline and projected milestone dates in plan development:
| Engagement Type | Target Date or Timeframe |
| Virtual/In-person Steering Committee Meetings (This MPO Director-identified group is charged with oversight of the plan’s development, implementation, and monitoring) | Meeting 1: August 28, 2024
*Meeting 2: October 30, 2024 (virtual) Meeting 3: February 26, 2025 *Meeting 4: May 2025 |
| Virtual Public Engagement: Interactive map | fall 2024 |
| Virtual Public Engagement: Community Surveys | Summer and early fall 2024 |
| Tribal Outreach Meetings | First set: Miccosukee October 17, 2024; Seminole October 18, 2024
Second set: Miccosukee April 2, 2035; Seminole April 8, 2025 |
| MPO Advisory Committee and MPO Board Meetings | Meetings Round 1: BPAC on October 15, 2024, TAC & CAC October 28, 2024, and MPO Board on February 14, 2025
Meetings Round 2: May through June 2025 |
*Meeting is a combined Steering Committee/Public Engagement meeting
| Deliverable Type | Target Date or Timeframe |
| Countermeasure and Policy Recommendations Memorandum (CPM) + Equity Considerations | March 2025 |
| List of Prioritized Projects (LOPP) | March 2025 |
| Draft Comprehensive Safety Action Plan (SAP) | June 2025 |
| Final Comprehensive SAP | September 2025 |
Contact Sean Kingston, MPO Principal Planner, for more information at 239-252-5859 or via email: sean.kingston@colliercountyfl.gov
Current and active: Local Roads Safety Plan
The MPO Board approved the Local Roads Safety Plan at their meeting on May 14, 2021. The Plan was developed in a collaborative process involving input from a broad range of stakeholders including the MPO’s advisory committees, FDOT’s Community Traffic Safety Team (CTST), local law enforcement agencies, FDOT, and other state and federal planning partners. The purpose is to prioritize opportunities to improve roadway safety on locally owned and maintained roadways in support of FDOT’s Vision Zero goal of achieving zero fatalities and serious injuries Statewide. The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) 2016 SHSP is a critical point of reference for the LRSP.
View the plan at this link: LRSP FINAL APPROVED 5-14-2021
The Local Roads Safety Plan (LRSP) identifies transportation safety issues and provides a framework for reducing fatalities and serious injuries on highways and local public roads. The framework was developed through:
- Data analysis (2014-2018)
- Public outreach
- Collaboration and coalition building
- Development and adoption of recommendations