The towns of Porter and Wilson will receive a portion of $32 million in state funds to help local governments with road safety enhancements.
Porter and Wilson are getting $700,000 to install shoulder and curve warning signs on Youngstown Wilson Road.
The funding is part of the State Department of Transportation’s comprehensive “Safe System” approach toward zero highway deaths and will support roadway improvements – including new guide rails, signs and pavement markings – in municipalities across the state. In New York State, 44% of crash fatalities occur when a vehicle departs from its lane.
In total, Western New York municipalities received $7.7 million, with the towns of Alden, Clarence, Concord and Sardinia in Erie County granted $6.6 million to install shoulder rails on Alden Crittenden, Genesee and Rapids roads.
Additionally, the Town of Amherst will get $400,000 to install curve warning signs on S. Ellicott Creek, Getzville Road, Seabrook Drive, Campus Drive N, and LeBrun Road.
The New York State Department of Transportation, in the summer of 2024, released the Roadway Departure Safety Action Plan, which calls for a comprehensive approach to be undertaken by NYSDOT and its partner agencies to reduce fatalities and serious injuries that result when vehicles inadvertently depart their lanes or the roadway. Under the plan, NYSDOT is focusing on engineering improvements, public education and awareness campaigns, and the Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee is coordinating law enforcement activities.