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Mesa County Receives $245K Grant to Boost Safety Action Plan
Funding aims to reduce traffic deaths and injuries through new initiatives
Published on Feb. 27, 2026
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Mesa County, Colorado has received a $245,000 grant from the Federal Highway Administration to enhance its Safety Action Plan. The funding will support three new initiatives: a messaging and outreach study, a high-risk network identification project, and the installation of speed feedback signs. The goal is to take a proactive approach to addressing road hazards and improving safety before crashes occur, particularly on rural roadways.
Why it matters
Traffic-related deaths and injuries are a major public safety concern in Mesa County. This grant funding will allow the county to research more effective ways to communicate safety information, identify high-risk road networks, and use speed data to prevent future collisions, ultimately protecting residents as they travel through the region.
The details
The $245,000 grant will fund three initiatives: a messaging and outreach study to evaluate the most effective ways to communicate safety information to the public, a high-risk network identification project using official records to pinpoint the most dangerous roads, and the installation of speed feedback signs to gather data on speeding patterns. County officials plan to work with local jurisdictions to determine the final locations for the speed feedback signs and the rural road study, prioritizing areas with the greatest safety concerns based on community feedback.
- Mesa County received the $245,000 grant from the Federal Highway Administration in February 2026.
The players
Rachel Peterson
A senior transportation planner for the Regional Transportation Office in Mesa County.
Federal Highway Administration
The federal agency that provided the $245,000 grant to Mesa County to enhance its Safety Action Plan.
What they’re saying
“It literally can save lives and it can prevent people from getting injured on our roadways. And we're really just working hard to make sure that everybody gets to their destination safely. Whether they're traveling to work, to home, to a friend's house, we just want to make sure that everybody gets there safely. And we definitely don't want to lose lives or have people injured on our roadways.”
— Rachel Peterson, Senior Transportation Planner (WesternSlopeNow.com)
What’s next
The county will work with local jurisdictions to determine the final locations for the speed feedback signs and the rural road study, prioritizing areas with the greatest safety concerns based on community feedback.
The takeaway
This grant funding will allow Mesa County to take a proactive, data-driven approach to improving road safety and reducing traffic-related deaths and injuries, demonstrating the county's commitment to protecting residents as they travel through the region.
