Neighborhood Street Safety Program
The Neighborhood Street Safety Program website and application process is now live! SBNA will be actively working with the city and the Neighborhood Leadership Alliance on this program to make city streets safer.
What is the Program?
This Neighborhood Street Safety Program (NSSP) is a new program for small-scale, local, residential street projects to address pedestrian and bicycle safety, safe routes to school, speeding, intersection control and crossings, and other local street traffic safety related issues.
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
City Council approved a two year total budget of $800,000 for the Neighborhood Street Safety Program.
Eligible streets for the program are public streets owned and maintained by the City of Bend that are:
- Local, residential streets
- Used by more than 400 vehicles per day (more than 11 cars in 15 minutes)
- More than 3 blocks long (approx. 1800 ft.),
- Local street intersections with a collector or arterial street, or
- Spot improvements on an arterial or collector fronted by residential lots.
Click here to learn more about the program, view program documents and review informational resources. It is the responsibility of community members to complete the application process.
LAST DAY TO SUBMIT APPLICATIONS: SEPTEMBER 20TH, 2019
BETWEEN 9/20 AND 10/15 SBNA WILL DECIDE WHICH TWO PROJECTS WITHIN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD BOUNDARIES WILL MOVE FORWARD FOR CONSIDERATION BY THE NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERSHIP ALLIANCE.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO BE ON THE SBNA NSSP WORKING GROUP, PLEASE EMAIL: SBNAPRESIDENT@GMAIL.COM TO EXPRESS YOUR INTEREST. ALL FINAL DETERMINATIONS WILL BE AT THE SOLE DISCRETION OF THE SBNA BOARD, THOUGH INPUT FROM THE WORKING GROUP AND INDIVIDUAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS WILL BE IMPORTANT DETERMINATORS.
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