Seguin is getting a federal assist to make its streets less dangerous, with a $106,470 planning-and-demonstration grant that will pay for temporary safety fixes and an update to the city’s safety plan. City officials say the money will cover short-term projects like high-visibility crosswalks, driveway consolidation and temporary corridor treatments meant to cut down on crashes involving people walking and biking. The program is part of a national push to give cities quick, low-cost ways to test what actually works to improve street safety.
Federal program and Seguin’s award
According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, the Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) program recently awarded nearly $982.3 million to 521 projects nationwide. The department’s newsroom post links to the full FY25 award list, and U.S. Department of Transportation records show Seguin listed among the planning-and-demonstration recipients. That SS4A award list is the official record of the FY25 winners.
What Seguin will test and local crash numbers
As reported by KSAT, Seguin’s $106,470 award will support demonstration activities and supplemental planning that focus on driveway consolidation and high-visibility crosswalks, along with temporary corridor treatments that could include flexible posts. KSAT notes the total project budget is just over $130,000 and that the city plans to put up a roughly 20% match of about $26,000 to round out the funding.
KSAT also reported that, over a recent five-year stretch, Seguin recorded 34 pedestrian crashes and 14 bicyclist crashes. Those incidents included three pedestrian fatalities and one bicyclist fatality, the kind of numbers city leaders say they hope to drive down with the new safety experiments.
Schools, next steps and timeline
City staff say the temporary projects will be installed on streets identified in Seguin’s high-injury network dashboard, and that crews will track crash data and behavior changes before recommending which treatments deserve to become permanent. The City of Seguin Public Information Office lists Jennifer Sourdellia as the media contact for this work.
Navarro ISD documents show the district expects a new high school to open in January, and the city says every campus inside the city limits will be included in its Safe Routes to School plan tied to the grant. Officials describe the award as a chance to try out low-cost fixes first, see what really reduces crashes, then come back later to voters or other agencies if larger and more expensive construction projects are needed.
