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addressed this need, but due to limited County forces, Kittitas County has been unable to provide a feasible <br />solution to this problem. Recognizing the importance of addressing the deficiencies in these structures, the <br />County needs additional research, planning, and engineering to come up with a feasible solution, Through <br />this, the option for an outside consulting service to evaluate and prioritize a systematic way to address <br />these deficient structures would be possible. <br />Prioritized Cost-Effective Safety lmprovement Projects <br />Road segment safety improvement identification used a combination of spot location and systematic <br />approaches, After improvements were identified, they were prioritized based on the potential for crash <br />prevention and greatest benefit, as supported by engineering judgement. <br />The Kittitas Highway segment that includes the No. 6 Road intersection, MP 1.52 to MP 2,36, has the <br />highest ranking with 9 injury accidents and 25 recorded collisions in the 5-year period of 2019-2023. <br />Several of the collisions were intersection related or in close proximity to the intersection. The County <br />wants to enhance safety by reducing collisions and eliminating the severity of any accident at this location. <br />Kittitas County also evaluated the scoring and road segment safety improvement results to find high risk, <br />sizable benefit countermeasures to group together as countywide safety projects that promptly provide the <br />biggest benefit for the most efficient cost, Examples of grouped projects in past safety plans include the <br />2018 Kittitas County Safety lmprovements and lntersection Corridor lmprovements Project completed in <br />2023. <br />By focusing on similarities in the roads and their needs, 2025 Kittitas County safety improvement projects <br />were formed to address a wider range of project locations for safety improvements, rather than specific <br />road focused projects. This allows the County to better reduce the possibility of fatalities and/or serious <br />injuries across the County. ln addition to this, locations with similar geographic vicinity were grouped <br />together to provide efficient contracting and create more cost-effective projects. A summary of the Safety <br />lmprovement Projects can be found in Table 4, followed by project details including preliminary scope, <br />locations of the proposed work, and an estimated cost for the improvements, Notes regarding the <br />engineering judgment that affected project prioritization can be found in the Executive Summary. <br />1,r