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stated under the 2025 County Safety Program: Call for Projects solicitation for grant funding. Additional <br />scoring criteria has been developed by Kittitas County Public Works Staff and used consistently throughout <br />multiple years of safety planning to provide scoring and prioritization continuity. The additional criteria <br />include a heavier weighted score for segments listed in the previous County safety plan, roadway curvature <br />— horizontal curve, and collision seriousness (injury, serious, or fatal). Kittitas County recognized in <br />previous safety plans the need to collect clear zone data that would reflect the current clear zone condition <br />of all county roads, In 2022, a clear zone inventory was conducted that targeted known hazards such as <br />shoulder width, side slope grade, and fixed objects in the clear zone of all county road segments. The <br />hazards found in each road segment were scored based off severity and later totaled to get a final score <br />per road segment. Each road segment was then ranked and given a weighted score that mirrored previous <br />scoring criteria of past safety plans. County road segments possessing the minimum criteria characteristics, <br />as well as the additional criteria characteristics, were evaluated and scored by the weighted method shown <br />in Table 3. The complete list of resulting road segment prioritization is shown in Appendix B. <br />Table 3. Scoring criteria and weighted score values used in assessing road safety project priority for 2025. <br />Higher scores indicate a higher priority road segment and/or higher countermeasure needs. <br />Scoring Criteria and Weighted Scores <br />Item <br />Number <br />Factors and Collision Types <br />Score <br />1 <br />OVERALL CRITERIA MET: <br />Meets minimum criteria and was included in previous local safety plan <br />20 <br />Meets minimum criteria but not included in previous local safety plan <br />10 <br />Does not meet minimum criteria and was included in previous local safety plan <br />5 <br />2 <br />CLEARZONE INVENTORY (Shoulder Width, Side Slopes, Fixed Objects) <br />90th Percentile of highest scored roads based on clearzone inventory <br />20 <br />80th Percentile of highest scored roads based on clearzone inventory <br />10 <br />70th Percentile of highest scored roads based on clearzone inventory <br />5 <br />3 <br />ROADWAY CURVATURE — HORIZONTAL CURVE <br />Over 50% of the road is in a horizontal curve <br />20 <br />About 10% to 50% of the road is in a horizontal curve <br />10 <br />At least one section of the road is in a horizontal curve <br />5 <br />4 <br />ONE OR MORE FATAL OR SERIOUS INJURY COLLISION(S) — 2015 THROUGH 2O19 <br />Fatality (per person/s <br />50 ea. <br />Serious Injury (per person/s) <br />40 ea. <br />5 <br />INJURY (Per Accident) <br />15 ea. <br />