Local leaders are working with the state to reach the goal of zero Washington state roadway deaths by 2030, as recent data shows road deaths are increasing.
The Washington Transportation Safety Commission is managing a state road safety program called Target Zero in Cowlitz, Wahkiakum and Lewis counties through the Cowlitz-Wahkiakum Council of Governments, a regional planning organization which recently contracted with the commission for three years.
Each state is required to have a highway safety plan, and the local program will work alongside the Council of Governments’ Metropolitan Planning Organization, which handles transportation safety planning in and around Longview, the organization reports in a press release.
The Washington Traffic Safety Commission and state patrol report data from road deaths as of July are on track to surpass 2022’s total of 750 deaths and become the deadliest year on state roads since 1990.
