Highway safety improvement project
Highway safety improvement project means a project consistent with the State strategic highway safety plan (SHSP) that corrects or improves a hazardous road location or feature, or addresses a highway safety problem. Projects include, but are not limited to, the following:
(1) An intersection safety improvement.
(2) Pavement and shoulder widening (including addition of a passing lane to remedy an unsafe condition).
(3) Installation of rumble strips or other warning devices, if the rumble strips or other warning devices do not adversely affect the safety or mobility of bicyclists, pedestrians and persons with disabilities.
(4) Installation of a skid-resistant surface at an intersection or other location with a high frequency of crashes.
(5) An improvement for pedestrian or bicyclist safety or for the safety of persons with disabilities.
(6) Construction of any project for the elimination of hazards at a railway-highway crossing that is eligible for funding under 23 U.S.C. 130, including the separation or protection of grades at railway-highway crossings.
(7) Construction of a railway-highway crossing safety feature, including installation of highway-rail grade crossing protective devices.
(8) The conduct of an effective traffic enforcement activity at a railway-highway crossing.
(9) Construction of a traffic calming feature.
(10) Elimination of a roadside obstacle or roadside hazard.
(11) Improvement of highway signage and pavement markings.
(12) Installation of a priority control system for emergency vehicles at signalized intersections.
(13) Installation of a traffic control or other warning device at a location with high crash potential.
(14) Transportation safety planning.
(15) Improvement in the collection and analysis of safety data.
(16) Planning integrated interoperable emergency communications equipment, operational activities, or traffic enforcement activities (including law enforcement assistance) relating to work zone safety.
(17) Installation of guardrails, barriers (including barriers between construction work zones and traffic lanes for the safety of road users and workers), and crash attenuators.
(18) The addition or retrofitting of structures or other measures to eliminate or reduce crashes involving vehicles and wildlife.
(19) Installation and maintenance of signs (including fluorescent yellow-green signs) at pedestrian-bicycle crossings and in school zones.
(21) Construction and operational improvements on high risk rural roads.
(22) Conducting road safety audits.
Source
23 CFR § 924.3
Scoping language
Unless otherwise specified in this part, the definitions in 23 U.S.C. 101 are applicable to this part. In addition, the following definitions apply: