) - Foley city officials are talking about some of the issues they are looking at as they prepare a Safety Action Plan for the City.Foley is working on plans for improvements along major routes through the city as part of a plan to increase safety for traffic moving through South Baldwin County.
“What this program does is it identifies safety shortcomings in our city and it gives us a goal of what to work on over the next 20 years,” Hellmich said. “You can’t just say get all the cars off the road. That won’t work,” Hellmich said. “We can’t stop the 28 million cars that come through our city that go to Orange Beach and Gulf Shores. That’s just out of our control.”People died or were seriously injured in 136 of those accidents.
The plan also calls for a speed study and traffic calming measures on Hickory Street between Baldwin County 12 and U.S. 98. Other possible measures on Hickory include warning signs with flashers and rumble strips at County 12, narrowing some lanes and installing bicycle lanes.