For Immediate Release: July 5, 2005
Contact: Susan Raber (614) 466-6178 (ODPS)
Lt. Rick Zwayer (614) 752-2792 (OSHP)
Michelle May (614) 644-8309 (ODOT)

 

Governor’s Task Force on Highway Safety to meet

Interagency group focused on improving highway safety in Ohio

What:	Meeting of the Governor’s Task Force on Highway Safety to discuss objectives and goals to improve highway safety as set by Governor Taft
When:	Wednesday, July 6, 10:00 a.m.
Where:	Ohio Department of Public Safety 1970 West Broad Street, 5th Floor Columbus

The Governor’s Task Force on Highway Safety will hold a meeting to review the outcomes of the regional meetings, discuss locations and parameters for the upcoming public meetings, and outline the final report of the Task Force.

The Governor’s Task Force on Highway Safety was created at the direction of Governor Taft to: create a crash trend ranking system for long stretches of highways; create a common definition of “dangerous” with regard to highway safety; work to target different locations and problems along the state’s vast highway system for safety concerns; and will work with residents and local governments to comprehensively reduce crashes on problem stretches of highway.

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