Safe Streets Initiative – Comprehensive Safety Action Plans and Demonstration Projects

Project Manager: Madeline Jensen, Planner
Estimated Costs: $500,000
Funding Source: Federal Grant, MaineDOT Funding, Member Contributions
Project Schedule: Fall 2025 – Winter 2027
Consultant: Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc (VHB)

Project Area: Greater Bangor Urbanized Area, including Bangor, Bradley, Brewer, Hampden, Hermon, Milford, Old Town, Orono, Orrington, Penobscot Nation, and Veazie

The Greater Bangor Area was awarded a SS4A Planning and Demonstration Grant in 2023 to help the region identify and execute projects aimed at preventing deaths and serious injuries on roadways. This planning effort will:
  1. Develop comprehensive, data-driven Safety Action Plans for Bangor, Bradley, Brewer, Hampden, Hermon, Milford, Old Town, Orono, Orrington, Penobscot Nation, and Veazie.
  2. Conduct planning, design, and development activities for projects and strategies identified in the Safety Action Plans.
  3. Execute 11 demonstration projects (one for each community) based on local priorities and feasibility.

Safety Action Plans are intended to be resources for each of the eleven greater Bangor communities but also have the added benefit of being designed to position them to apply for implementation grant funding through the Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) program. Plans will also be structured to align with Maine’s 2022 Strategic Highway Safety Plan, which opens up additional possibilities for implementation funding from MaineDOT.

For more background on the project, to provide feedback, or to review deliverables as they are prepared please visit our project storymap here: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/f24b059735684d81afcf433a1d587188
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