Much of the estimated $1.2 billion in transportation funding allocated to Oregon from the federal government will focus on safety, the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) said Monday.
According to the ODOT, money from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act will be spent to reinforce existing efforts to improve safety, as well as add new efforts.
“This additional investment will allow us to implement more safety projects statewide,” State Traffic Safety Engineer Christina McDaniel-Wilson said. “This means that 50 more fatalities or serious injuries and 750 more lower-severity crashes can be prevented over the life of these projects.”
