(FEB. 21, 2025) — The draft plan of Cherokee County Safety Action Plan is available for public review before it is considered by the Board of Commissioners at its March 4 meeting.
The plan can be viewed at https://planningatpond.com/cherokee_ss4a. Comments can be made online through March 3.
Cherokee County, along with the cities of Canton, Woodstock, Holly Springs, and Ball Ground, joined together to develop the Safety Action Plan made possible through a U.S. Department of Transportation Safe Streets and Roads for All grant. The grant announcement of $450,000 was made in February 2023. Since then, the jurisdictions engaged Pond and Company to assist with public engagement and developing the plan.
Public engagement opportunities were made available through an online survey and mapping activity, as well as in-person events, throughout 2024.
Between 2018 and 2022, there were 87 fatalities and 436 serious injuries on roadways in the county, according to the Georgia Department of Transportation’s numeric traffic data.
The Safety Action Plan focuses the many contributing factors of traffic crashes with a goal of eliminating traffic fatalities.
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