Prince William County Seeks Community Input to Shape Comprehensive Traffic Safety Action Plan

The Prince William County Department of Transportation invites residents to participate in two upcoming listening sessions designed to gather valuable community insight on issues and concerns surrounding road safety across the county. These sessions will help shape the countywide Comprehensive Traffic Safety Action Plan, or CTSAP, a strategic initiative to enhance roadway safety for all users.

The first listening session is scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 20, at the Dr. A.J. Ferlazzo Building, 15941 Donald Curtis Drive in Woodbridge. The second session is scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 27, at Unity Reed High School, 8820 Rixlew Lane in Manassas. If the Feb. 20 session is rescheduled due to weather, a follow-up session will be held on Thursday, March 6, at the Dr. A.J. Ferlazzo Building.  All sessions will be held from 6-8 p.m.

The CTSAP will identify the county’s most significant roadway safety challenges and outline strategies to address them through engineering, education, enforcement and emergency response measures. In addition to the Department of Transportation, the plan is being developed in collaboration with key county agencies, including the Police Department, Fire and Rescue Department, Planning Office and Office of Community Safety. Other partners include Prince William County Schools, Omniride and the Virginia Department of Transportation.

“We want to come up with a complete, holistic, comprehensive approach to road safety, hence the Comprehensive Traffic Safety Action Plan,” said Prince William County Department of Transportation Traffic Safety Engineer Richard Weinmann. “The idea is to bring everyone together to try and work out different approaches, countermeasures and strategies to reduce severe and fatal crashes on our roads.”

In preparation for the CTSAP, the Department of Transportation and its consultants completed a High Injury Crash Analysis in 2024, identifying locations with frequent serious and fatal crashes. Additional studies assessed bicycle and pedestrian networks, highlighting gaps and potential projects to improve accessibility and safety. The team also completed a bike and pedestrian network analysis, identified gaps within the network and highlighted potential projects to improve the network.

“The time has come for the team to hear from the community, and it is critical that we get community input of where they have concerns.” Weinmann said. “We really want to hear what people in the community believe the priorities are for road safety, where they are seeing issues and concerns, and what ideas they have to address these concerns.”

Feedback from the listening sessions will be integrated into the CTSAP, and a second round of public meetings will be held to present the plan’s priorities and gather additional input.

“We will analyze the feedback, compare it with our crash data, and return to the community to share our priorities, asking, ‘Did we get it right?’” Weinmann said. “Our mission is to significantly reduce the number of serious and fatal crashes on our roads. We can’t do it without the community.”

Once finalized, the CTSAP will be presented to the Prince William Board of County Supervisors for endorsement. The plan will guide future safety initiatives and help secure funding for projects that enhance roadway safety countywide.

Residents can share their input by attending the listening sessions or completing an online survey. To learn more about the project, upcoming sessions and to access the survey, visit the Comprehensive Traffic Safety Action Plan project page on PWC Works.