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HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (HSIP): HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (HSIP) FUNDING
HSIP PROGRAM: HSIP PROGRAM
Federal Program for Safety Construction Projects
Provided for in Title 23, Section 148 of
U. S. Code
Apportionment increased to $7.5 million annually to Nebraska under SAFETEA-LU
HSIP PROGRAM: HSIP PROGRAM
GOAL: To reduce the number and severity of traffic crashes, or the potential for such crashes on all public roadways.
COMMON PROJECT TYPES: COMMON PROJECT TYPES Reconstruction or modification of intersection geometrics
Addition of left-turn or right-turn lanes
Installation of traffic signals or flashing beacons
Modification of existing traffic signals
Roadway lighting
Guardrail or bridge rail upgrades
OTHER PROJECT TYPES: OTHER PROJECT TYPES Roadway widening to allow a center two-way left-turn lane
Rumble strips (shoulder and centerline)
Curve reconstruction
Utility pole relocation
Overhead signs
Roundabouts
Pavement marking
HIGH RISK RURAL ROADS: HIGH RISK RURAL ROADS Any roadway functionally classified as a rural major or minor collector or a rural local road
Accident rate for fatalities and incapacitating injuries exceeds the statewide average
$950,000 annually apportioned to Nebraska
HIGH RISK RURAL ROADS: HIGH RISK RURAL ROADS Horizontal Curve Signing Project
-- Provides chevron signs, curve signs, etc.
-- County labor can be used as 10% match
FLEX FUNDING: FLEX FUNDING Nebraska’s Strategic Highway Safety Plan recognizes countermeasures that affect driver behavior as being most effective in reducing fatalities and serious injuries
SAFETEA-LU allows states to “flex” up to 10% of its HSIP funding from infrastructure projects to other types of projects identified in the SHSP
FLEX FUNDING : FLEX FUNDING Nebraska has chosen to flex $2.1 million in HSIP funds over the next two years
These funds are to be used on projects that
promote the three behavioral-related critical emphasis areas in the SHSP:
1. Increasing Safety Belt Usage
2. Reducing Impaired Driving
3. Young Driver Over-involvement
FLEX FUNDING: FLEX FUNDING NDOR has developed application forms
For information contact:
Nebraska Department of Roads
Attn: Traffic Engineering
P. O. Box 94759
Lincoln, NE 68509-4759
Phone: (402) 479-4594
FLEX FUNDING: FLEX FUNDING
Available on Department of Roads’ Web Site:
www.nebraskatransportation.org