$560K Grant To Help Improve Rural Road Safety

HARFORD COUNTY, MD — The county has received a $560,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Safe Streets and Roads for All program to help improve the safety of county roads.

“Preventing crashes and saving the lives of drivers and pedestrians through road safety projects are priorities for my administration,” said Harford County Executive Bob Cassilly. “This federal grant will help us analyze and design safety improvements to county roads and greatly expand the number of road safety projects we can undertake.”

Combined with $140,000 in existing county funding, the SS4A grant will provide a total of $700,000 for engineering studies and planning efforts countywide.

The Harford County Department of Public Works’ Bureau of Highways Engineering maintains a prioritized list of locations across the county for evaluation based on criteria such as crash frequency and known sight distance limitations, officials said. Many of these locations will be studied using the SS4A funding.