County eyes piece of $2B federal traffic pie

Columbia County Commissioner Everett Phillips (right) and Kimley-Horn’s Raul Pineda-Mendez look over a map of the Columbia County Comprehensive Safety Action Plan during an open house Thursday. (MORGAN MCMULLEN/Lake City Reporter)
Columbia County Commissioner Everett Phillips (right) and Kimley-Horn’s Raul Pineda-Mendez look over a map of the Columbia County Comprehensive Safety Action Plan during an open house Thursday. (MORGAN MCMULLEN/Lake City Reporter)

Columbia County is taking advantage of a federal program to improve traffic safety on some of the most dangerous intersections around.

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Safe Streets and Roads for…