Through its Local Safety Initiative, MDOT seeks to help local agencies identify safety issues and improve the safety of local roads.

The LSI is offered free to road authorities. When your agency volunteers to participate, we'll add you to our list.  We do analysis on a first-come first-served basis. 

Once your agency is enrolled, this is what you can expect:

• Our involvement begins with a complete crash analysis of your local road system.  Our main tool for analysis is RoadSoft; however, we use other tools to gather the most up-to-date information.
• Based on our analysis, we'll compile a list of intersections and roadway segments we would like to visit in the field with your agency representative.
• We may do an engineering study or other types of analysis as needed. 
• We also will generate potential High Risk Rural Road (HRRR) locations for your use as that call for projects comes up.  (The HRRR program is managed by MDOT Local Agency Programs.
• We make suggestions for potential improvements. Many of these will be low-cost fixes. Projects we identify may be eligible for funding through LSI.
• LSI personnel may conduct a before-and-after analysis.