RESULTS
As a result of the Community/Corridor
Traffic Safety Project, significant traffic safety problems were identified
on Reservation roadways. The following recommendations have been presented
to each Tribal Council:
- Three Affiliated Tribes (TAT):
- Replace Four Bears Bridge
- Update TAT Motor Vehicle Code
- Implement a Seat Belt Awareness Campaign
Provide supplemental training for Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT)
- Turtle Mountain
- Request that North Dakota Department of Transportation
(ND DOT) conduct a traffic engineering study to identify and eliminate
road hazards
- Spirit Lake Dakota Nation
- Request a traffic safety survey by ND DOT
- Initiate impaired driving prevention program
Develop Crash Reporting Form
Assign EMT personnel to log all crash information
- Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
- Request resolution of support from the Native
American Injury Prevention Coalition for Highway #63
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FUNDING |
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Section 402 (FHWA): |
$10,000 |
CONTACT |
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Dennie Renville
Executive Director
Native American Injury Prevention Coalition
United Tribes College
3315 University Drive
Bismarck, ND 58504
(701) 255-3285 |
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