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PRESS RELEASE
For immediate release:
February 2, 2023
For more information, contact:
Paulette L. Jones
Public Information Officer
Prince George’s County
Department of Public Works and Transportation
Cell: 240-712-0298
Prince George’s County Receives $21M U.S. Department of Transportation Safe Streets and Roads for All Grant
LARGO, MD – The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) has awarded Prince George’s County a $21,253,985 Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) Grant. The award will implement seven safety and connectivity improvements along the high injury networks and similar corridors. The SS4A program funds regional, local, and Tribal initiatives through grants to prevent roadway deaths and serious injuries.
The SS4A grant funds the Vision Zero Prince George’s “Proud to Pave the Way for Multimodal Safety: Improvements Along the Prince George’s County, MD, High Injury Network” program. This program includes seven safety projects that will address growing climate change, social inequality, and economic concerns by connecting communities with existing high-capacity transit stations while creating a safer roadway network to achieve the goal of zero traffic deaths in Prince George’s.
“We understand the critical need for infrastructure improvements to make our streets safer for everyone, which is why we launched Vision Zero Prince George’s in 2019,” said County Executive Angela Alsobrooks. “This grant that will help us make safety improvements to County roads that have seen some of the highest frequency of bike and pedestrian crashes. We want to thank the Biden Administration, as well as members of our federal delegation, for passing the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law that made this historic funding available to help us move closer toward our Vision Zero goals.”
The SS4A grant will help redesign roads to improve visibility, slow vehicle speeds, and promote pedestrian and bicyclist safety in underserved communities. Approximately 92% of funding is expected to go to underserved communities, supporting equitable investment in the County’s Vision Zero goals.
The Proud to Pave the Way for Multimodal Safety Improvement Projects include:
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Metzerott Road Pedestrian Safety CIP Improvements (MD 650 to Adelphi Road), Hyattsville
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Langley Park Neighborhood Bicycle Boulevards Project (Riggs Road, Langley Park)
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Cool Spring Road/Adelphi Road Pedestrian and Bicycle Access Improvements Project, College Park
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Adelphi Road Corridor Safety Improvement Project (Cool Spring Road to MD 410), College Park
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Belcrest Road Safety Improvement Project (Adelphi Road to Queens Chapel Road), Hyattsville
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Sheriff Road Safety Improvement Project (Eastern Avenue to Glen Willow Drive), Fairmount Heights
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Marlboro Pike Pedestrian Safety Improvements Phase II CIP Project, Coral Hills
“Vision Zero Prince George’s is dedicated to eradicating the issue of roadside deaths by educating the public through outreach activities and making critical improvements to roadways across the County”, said DPW&T’s Director Michael D. Johnson. “The proposed 7 projects will complement the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) proven safety countermeasures for safe, sustainable, and equitable infrastructure improvements.”
Prince George’s County has the highest number of fatal and serious injury crashes in the State of Maryland. Vision Zero Prince George’s is currently focused on improving the most dangerous segments of roads, which reflect the greatest severity of bike and pedestrian crashes. The SS4A grant will provide additional funding to implement multimodal safety improvements on County roadways, which is critical to addressing this trend.
The seven safety projects completed as part of the SS4A grant will contribute to a robust multimodal network that is equitable, sustainable, and crucial to economic vitality, especially in areas of the County with higher concentrations of low-income and minority residents.
Projects associated with Vision Zero Prince George’s rely on a data-driven safe systems approach to eliminate traffic deaths and serious injuries on County roadways by 2040, while increasing safe, healthy, and equitable mobility for all road users.
For more information on Vision Zero Prince George’s, CLICK HERE, or follow us on social media on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram @PGCountyDPWT.
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