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<br />- <br /> /ZJJ <br /> ATTACHMENT A <br /> APPROVED PROJECT DESCRIPTION <br /> SPEED <br /> SELECTIVE TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM (STEP) <br /> CTTY OF SAN MARex)S <br /> SUBGR.A1""{TEE <br />1. AUTHORIZATION: <br /> This grant implements Task B, Sub-Task 1, of 96-01-01 of the FY96 Highway Safety <br /> Plan. <br />il. PROBLEM STATEMENT: <br /> Speeding cop.tinues to be a major contributor to traffic crashes and resulting injuries <br /> and fatalities, not only on our State's highways, but on all types of roadways within <br /> our cities and towns as well. Law enforcement entities have the opportunity through <br /> Speed STEPs to focus their enforcement efforts on those streets and roadways that <br /> have a high number of speed-related crashes and/or experience high rates of <br /> noncompliance with the posted speed limits. <br /> The Subgrantee named herein has identified roadways that have bdn found to have <br /> substantial degrees of noncompliance with posted speed limits within city or town <br /> limits. <br /> The 1992 Save City/Save County Ranking for Speeding, which appears in the annual <br /> Highway Safety Plan, ranks Texas cities and counties with respect to the severity of <br /> the problem. The Subgrantee is on that list with a Weighted Ranking Number of <br /> 3 <br /> This is the 2nd year the Subgrantee 1J.as received federal 402 funds for Speed <br /> STEP. <br />ill. 0 BJECTIVES: <br /> A. To reduce the percentage of vehicles exceeding the speed limit by 6 %, <br /> B. To increase the total number of speed citations by at least 4 % when <br /> compared to the total speed-related citations for the same time period during <br /> the previous year, <br /> Nothing in this agreement shall be interpreted as a requirement, formal or informal,' <br /> that a police officer issue a specified or predetermined number of citations in <br /> pursuance of the Subgrantee's obligations hereunder. <br />SPEED ,7/95 page 1 of ~ <br />