Contract D037604: Highway Safety Investigation

The project scope included highway safety investigations at 25 locations along various highways in Ulster, Orange, Dutchess, Putnam, Rockland, and Westchester Counties. KC’s scope of work included generating accident history of the project area, plotting collision diagrams, and determining accident patterns, contributing factors, and countermeasures for each study location, as well as performing the cost-benefit analysis for recommended improvements. Field observations included sight obstructions, roadside clearances, parking restrictions, curvature, driveways, stop lines, crosswalks, locations of reference markers, sight distances from critical stopping points, and cultural characteristics of the area.