EL PASO, TEXAS (KFOX14\/CBS4) \u2014 City leaders from El Paso, Dona Ana, and Otero counties have launched the Vision Zero Committee, aiming to implement a regional safety plan to reduce traffic deaths and serious injuries.<\/p>\n
The El Paso Metropolitan Planning Organization hosted a conference in downtown El Paso on Friday to announce the Borderplex Safe Mobility Plan, which aims to eliminate fatal and serious injury crashes in the Borderplex region, which saw approximately 213 serious injuries or fatalities and about 23,500 crashes in 2023. <\/p>\n
Regional leaders, including State Sen. C\u00e9sar Blanco and El Paso County Commissioner Iliana Holgu\u00edn, outlined strategies for the plan to improve traffic infrastructure, including stop lights and roundabouts, with meetings and implementation of the plan set to begin in January.<\/p>\n
Blanco, chair of the MPO, emphasized the importance of the collaboration, stating, “So the idea as chair of the MPO, convening stakeholders together and from elected officials to law enforcement to making sure that we’re bringing those fatalities down and we’re doing our job to ensure that we’re doing that.” <\/p>\n
According to MPO, the plan is funded by the federal Safe Streets and Roads for All program and will use crash data and traffic analysis to identify high-risk areas and guide safety improvements.<\/p>\n
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