Earlier this year, local officials asked the public for their input in a survey on roadway safety needs for a Vermilion County Safety Action Plan.

An open house from 5-7 p.m. May 18 at Carle at The Riverfront, in a first-floor conference room at 516 W. Madison St. in Danville, will give an overview of this input, data and a strategy to reduce and eliminate traffic deaths and serious injuries in the community.

Local leaders have been studying existing roadway safety needs throughout Vermilion County and are using the public’s input in developing strategies to improve safety.

Around 70 people are killed or significantly injured in roadway crashes each year in Vermilion County.

The Vermilion County Safety Action Plan will strive to achieve its goal of eliminating roadway deaths by identifying locations with high crash rates, developing potential improvements to increase safety for all users and prioritizing improvements to strategically plan for federal funding opportunities.

The public was asked to help identify behaviors and attitudes that impact roadway safety, identify traveling barriers throughout the community and develop community supported improvements to increase roadway safety for all users.