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Boulder County has officially adopted its first Vision Zero Action Plan, a sweeping strategy to eliminate traffic deaths and serious injuries by 2035. The Board of County Commissioners approved the plan on Aug. 28, committing the county to bold safety measures across unincorporated roads and the mountain towns of Jamestown, Nederland and Ward.
“For too long, we’ve just accepted that people get seriously hurt or killed on our roadways in accidents,” said Liviana Lewin, Boulder County’s Vision Zero Program Manager. “Vision Zero says, ‘No, that’s not acceptable, and these are preventable crashes.’”…