On Tuesday, City Council passed the first of two readings of accepting the STEP grant. The funding will help increase traffic enforcement for speeding, DWIs, seatbelt violations and other traffic issues. The city will contribute almost $30,000 to the program. The city says CCPD has received this grant for over 20 years.
“Speeding is a big cause of the big majority of our crashes,” said Donald Moore, deputy chief of operations for the Corpus Christi Police Department.
Corpus Christi City Council to vote on $100,000 TxDOT grant for traffic enforcement
According to TxDOT data, there have been more than 8,500 speed-related crashes in Corpus Christi since 2022. Moore said because the grant comes from TxDOT, officers will focus on targeted areas like Interstate 37 and SPID.
Local workers who have front-row seats to SPID traffic say speeding is a constant problem.
“We do see a lot of speeding, a lot of reckless driving,” said Elliott Cavazos, who works nearby…