Spearfish Safety Action Plan
Summary
The draft plan targets the city's most crash-prone corridors — North Avenue, Main Street/Colorado Boulevard, Highway 85 — with medians, a three-lane Main Street pilot, school-zone improvements, and more. Adopting it is required to chase 80% federal implementation grants, but adoption doesn't force the city to build anything.
At a glance
- Total mentions
- 9
- Last 30 days
- 0
Discussed at 1 meeting in the last 60 days; most recently Sep 21, 2026.
Impact analysis
Projects range from cheap (vegetation trimming) to a $42 million Colorado Boulevard rebuild; federal grants would cover 80% of any funded project.
Everyone who drives, walks, or bikes in Spearfish — especially kids near schools and pedestrians on high-crash corridors.
Some drivers who appreciated the higher 35 mph zone on Colorado Boulevard will face slower speeds.
Mentions & discussions (9)
City Council - Sep 21, 2026
The council authorized applying for a state Transportation Alternatives grant to pave the mowed path from North Canyon Street to Creekside Elementary, making it ADA-compliant. It was the top-rated rec path expansion in the parks master plan and would keep kids out of bus and car drop-off congestion.
City Council - Jun 15, 2026
Public Works plans to install a 4-way stop at Jackson and Jonas Boulevards — an information item, so no vote, but drivers should expect the change.
City Council - May 18, 2026
"15 mph when flashing" signs return to West Elementary and come new to Mountain View, with the city buying and installing and the schools owning and programming them.
City Council - May 13, 2026
Lower 25 mph zones would start sooner on North Avenue near Hillsview and on Colorado Boulevard coming into town, partly to protect pedestrians at the busy State Street crosswalk. Dynamic speed signs are planned.
City Council - Feb 17, 2026
The city formally adopted its federally funded plan to cut serious traffic crashes in half by 2040 — think safer streets, sidewalks, and crossings. Adoption also keeps Spearfish in the running for federal implementation grants to actually build the projects.
City Council - Feb 11, 2026
The plan comes up for adoption Tuesday with a public hearing. Resident Stan Triplett said it hinges on enforcement and education, warned against treating grant funds as free money, and noted the new Hill Street apartments' ~300 vehicles aren't addressed in the plan.
City Council - Jan 28, 2026
The draft plan targets the city's most crash-prone corridors — North Avenue, Main Street/Colorado Boulevard, Highway 85 — with medians, a three-lane Main Street pilot, school-zone improvements, and more. Adopting it is required to chase 80% federal implementation grants, but adoption doesn't force the city to build anything.
City Council - Jan 20, 2026
The $200,000 safety action plan (city paid $40,000) must be adopted by Q1 2026 to unlock grant funding; it goes to council for review January 28, and a resident had implementation questions.
City Council - Jan 14, 2026
The draft plan is live for public comment through the end of January, with a council presentation January 28 and adoption targeted for February 17.
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