Anderson County has been awarded a $200,000 Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation. These funds will be used to develop a community-wide safety action plan, which will be used to guide a host of road safety projects throughout the county.
“We take very seriously our responsibility to provide the citizens with a safe transportation network” said Anderson County Council Chairman Tommy Dunn. “This grant will allow us to undertake a comprehensive evaluation of our entire system and prioritize our needs.”
Anderson County is one of only seven announced grant recipients in South Carolina. From 2017 through 2021, there were 220 fatal crashes in Anderson County with a corresponding fatality rate of 21.7 per 100,000 population.
“Our efforts to develop a Safe Streets and Roads for All Action Plan that prioritizes traffic and pedestrian safety will create a framework for implementation projects and allow us to access funding sources that were previously unavailable to us” said Anderson County Roads and Bridges Manager Matt Hogan. “We aim to achieve zero traffic-related deaths by the year 2045, and this grant will help guide us towards that objective.”
