Kenosha County will hold a public information meeting on Thursday, Sept. 26, to collect feedback for its highway crash reduction plan. The meeting is scheduled from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at the Kenosha County Center in Bristol and will follow an open-house format without a formal presentation.
The county formed a Comprehensive Safety Action Plan Committee earlier this year, bringing together representatives from local municipalities to develop strategies aimed at eliminating serious crashes on county roads. This initiative follows the receipt of a federal grant dedicated to creating the plan, which will identify areas with safety concerns, prioritize them, and suggest ways to address these issues with the goal of achieving zero deaths and serious injuries on county highways.
Draft materials and exhibits related to the plan will be available at the meeting for public review and comment. Kenosha County has hired Short Elliott Hendrickson Inc., a planning and engineering firm, to conduct the study for the Comprehensive Safety Action Plan.
Residents who cannot attend are encouraged to contact Darren Fortney, Senior Principal at Short Elliott Hendrickson, by phone or email with questions or feedback.
In other aspects of Kenosha County’s community profile, Indian Trail High School and Academy had the highest enrollment among local schools in the 2023-24 school year with 2,001 students. Tremper High School followed with 1,458 students, while Bradford High School enrolled 1,448 students (https://dpi.wi.gov/). During that same period, white students made up about 55.6% of the student body in Kenosha County schools—a slight decrease from the previous year (https://dpi.wi.gov/). Hispanic students accounted for approximately 25.7%, making them the second largest group; Black students were third at 10.4% (https://dpi.wi.gov/). American Indian students represented one of the smallest groups at just 0.2% of total enrollment (https://dpi.wi.gov/).
