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Intersection Safety Implementation Plan Process

Step 8: Present the Draft Intersection Safety Implementation Plan to Upper Management

The draft plan is presented to upper management for approval, rejection, or modification. Upper management input is needed for successful implementation, since the plan probably will involve addressing a number of new issues, implementing new countermeasures, and increasing funding levels. These issues should be presented clearly to upper management for direction. Some of the key items in a briefing to upper management may include the following.

Funding. The plan may require additional funding beyond that available from the HSIP. The presentation should include an overview of the type and level of projects for which the funds will be used; the expected impact in terms of lives saved and incapacitating injuries and crashes prevented; alternative sources for securing the additional funding; and a recommended financial approach to implement the plan.

Approach. Reducing statewide intersection fatalities and incapacitating injuries likely will require supplementing the traditional approach with the systematic and comprehensive approaches.

New Countermeasures Not or Rarely Used in the State. The presentation should describe the process for implementing the new countermeasure in a way that minimizes risks of failure and/or adverse publicity while meeting the timeframes established in the plan. The presentation should include a list of the new countermeasures and how they will be introduced and implemented in the State.

Implementing Safety Improvements at Locally-Owned Intersections. The presentation should include an overview of the scope of the intersection crash problem on local intersections, the suggested course of action to make local municipalities aware of the problems, and actions the State should take to assist municipalities implement the improvements. A recommended methodology to finance local intersection improvements, including the role that the State should play, should also be included.

Policy-Related Actions. Some of the potential countermeasures (e.g., lighting rural intersections with high frequencies and proportions of night crashes) have been applied rarely or never in many States. Funding these improvements, including the maintenance and energizing responsibilities, require upper management direction. The presentation should identify portions of the plan that involve policy issues and provide recommended courses of action that meet the plan objectives while minimizing potential adverse actions on the State.

Funding Education and Enforcement Initiatives. Some of the corridor or municipal-wide initiatives may require funding beyond existing 402 funding levels. If this occurs, alternate funding sources (and recommendations on their use) need to be presented to upper management for direction. This will require special coordination with the Governor's Highway Safety Representative if that person is located outside of the State DOT.