PORT ANGELES — The project designed to increase awareness along a collision-prone stretch of U.S. Highway 101 in Clallam County appears to have a name.
Playing off the course number of basic college classes, the effort due to start this fall is to be dubbed “Driving 101, Traffic Safety Project: It’s Basic Safety!”
The catchy name for road signs and safety campaign literature was one of several ideas discussed among the three dozen participants of the Highway 101 Safe Driving Project Steering Committee, which met Tuesday morning at the Clallam County Courthouse.
The group consists of representatives from the State Patrol, Clallam County Sheriff’s Department, state Department of Transportation, state Traffic Safety Commission, cities of Port Angeles and Sequim, and news media, and is chaired by Sheriff Joe Martin.
It is aimed at improving driving safety on the stretch of U.S. 101 from the state Highway 112 junction west of Port Angeles to the Jefferson County line at Diamond Point Road.
