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The Mayor and City Council shall discuss and possibly take action to accept the Highway Safety Improvement Grant through the Maricopa Association of Governments and enter into a Joint Project Agreement between the City of Maricopa and the State of Arizona in the amount $415,3000 to create a sign inventory program. The match for Year 1 in an amount of $15,000 will come from County Road Tax, Transportation, Street Projects-Capital (30044146-67750-34005). Discussion and Action.
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On 11/5/2013 the Mayor and City Council ratified the submission of the grant application to the Highway Safety Improvement Program through the Maricopa Association of Governments. Notification of award was provided on 12/9/2013.
The Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) is part of the new federal surface transportation act, "Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century" (MAP-21), was signed into law on July 6, 2012. Under MAP-21, the Highway Safety Improvement Program remains as one of the core federal-aid programs. The High Risk Rural Roads (HR3) Program is part of the HSIP Program in MAP-21, not a set-aside as in the previous federal surface transportation act. The specific provisions of the HSIP are defined in Section 1112 of MAP-21 which amended Section 148 of Title 23, United States Code (23 USC 148) to incorporate these provisions. The purpose of this program is to achieve a significant reduction in traffic fatalities and serious injuries on all public roads, including non-State-owned public roads and roads on tribal land.
Starting in 2010, the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) began allocating $1 million per year in federal (HSIP) funds to the MAG region for road safety projects that meet Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) qualifying criteria. The Transportation Safety Committee at MAG recommended a total of 67 qualifying road safety improvement projects programmed for implementation by local agencies during the period FY2010-2014....
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