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1. Roadside Hazard Safety Improvements <br />This project provides for safety improvements on 14 different road segments to lessen the <br />severity of run -off -the -road accidents by installing guardrail where necessary to protect roadside <br />hazards. Signs such as advanced warning signs and chevrons for roadway curves, upgraded stop <br />signs at intersections, and other delineation devices will be installed as recommended per <br />MUTCD requirements to also prevent run -off -the -road accidents. This project is the highest <br />priority for Kittitas County because it addresses the most common type of accidents on multiple <br />roadway segments that scored high in the risk-based prioritization. These cost effective <br />improvements provide benefits to a number of locations, thereby improving the roadway <br />network County wide. <br />2. Bridge Rail Improvements -Code 3 <br />a. Phase 1 -County Maintenance Districts A -F <br />L 19 bridges or structures <br />b. Phase 2- County Maintenance Districts G -I <br />L 21 bridges or structures <br />c. Phase 3- County Maintenance Districts J -L <br />1. 20 bridges or structures <br />Due to the large number of locations needing improvement, it is cost prohibitive to provide <br />improvements for all locations in a single project. Because of this, county -wide bridge rail <br />improvements will be executed in a number of projects. Each priority will include a number of <br />locations that are grouped by County Maintenance Districts, and sized to be manageable phases <br />for design and construction. The projects were then ranked based on the inadequacy of the <br />bridge rail and then by the location in which the greatest benefit would be achieved. <br />Although not identified through the risk-based prioritization scoring, this project is a high <br />priority for Kittitas County due to the number of locations observed to be at high risk with the <br />potential for high severity accidents throughout the entire county road system. The potential <br />accidents that this project would prevent are serious injury and fatal accidents. The County has <br />identified this widespread hazard and is taking a proactive, systemic approach to reduce future <br />potential accidents. <br />10 <br />