EL PASO, TEXAS (KFOX14/CBS4) — City leaders from El Paso, Dona Ana, and Otero counties have launched the Vision Zero Committee, aiming to implement a regional safety plan to reduce traffic deaths and serious injuries.
The El Paso Metropolitan Planning Organization hosted a conference in downtown El Paso on Friday to announce the Borderplex Safe Mobility Plan, which aims to eliminate fatal and serious injury crashes in the Borderplex region, which saw approximately 213 serious injuries or fatalities and about 23,500 crashes in 2023.
Regional leaders, including State Sen. César Blanco and El Paso County Commissioner Iliana Holguín, outlined strategies for the plan to improve traffic infrastructure, including stop lights and roundabouts, with meetings and implementation of the plan set to begin in January…