Title
Professional Engineering and Planning Services for the Charlotte Regional Transportation Planning Organization Comprehensive Safety Action Plan
Action
Action:
A. Approve a contract for up to $2,850,000 with Stantec Consulting Services, Inc. for professional engineering and planning services to develop a Comprehensive Safety Action Plan for the Charlotte Regional Transportation Planning Organization planning area, and
B. Authorize the City Manager to amend the contract consistent with the purpose for which the contract was approved.
Body
Staff Resource(s):
Monica Holmes, Planning, Design, and Development
Robert Cook, CRTPO
Will Snyder, CRTPO
Explanation
§ The Charlotte Regional Transportation Planning Organization (CRTPO) is the federally designated metropolitan planning organization for the Charlotte urban area. It provides long-range transportation planning services to Mecklenburg, Union, and Iredell counties. The city is CRTPO’s lead planning agency, and its staff is housed in the Planning, Design, and Development department.
§ On February 10, 2025, City Council approved a budget ordinance accepting a Safe Streets and Roads for All grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) in the amount of $3,150,000 for development of a regional Comprehensive Safety Action Plan for the CRTPO planning area.
§ On May 13, 2025, the CRTPO issued a Request for Qualifications (RFQ); five responses were received. Stantec Consulting Services, Inc. best meets the CRTPO’s needs in terms of qualifications, experience, and responsiveness to the RFQ requirements.
§ The CRTPO will allocate up to $2,850,000 of its total $3,150,000 USDOT grant funding to its contract with Stantec to produce the following deliverables:
- A planning area-wide high injury network and road safety audit, mapping all corridors and intersections with a prevalence of crashes resulting in serious injuries and fatalities and their infrastructure-influenced causes;
- Innovative technology adoption to standardize crash data reporting and create a “big data” ecosystem for ongoing transportation safety performance tracking; and
- Deliver a final planning document to include all study findings, recommendations, and individual jurisdiction Safety Action Plans for local adoption and capital improvement implementation, including a City of Charlotte Safety Action Plan.
§ The remaining funds will be used to support a robust public engagement for public outreach and education throughout the Charlotte urban area.
Charlotte Business INClusion
This contract is completely federally funded is exempt from CBI Program.
Fiscal Note
Funding: USDOT Funding