On May 8, 2009, the New Jersey Department of Transportation awarded $5.4 million in Safe Routes to School grants to 37 communities. The grants will provide local governments funds ranging from $10,000 to $300,000 for pedestrian safety improvements near schools.

 

The Safe Routes to School program, created in 2006 as part of Governor Jon S. Corzine’s $74 million initiative to improve pedestrian safety throughout New Jersey, includes $15 million over five years for the Safe Routes to Schools program. Fiscal year 2009 is the third round of Safe Routes to School funds. In 2008 NJDOT provided about $4 million in grants to 33 municipalities. During the first round in 2007, 29 communities were awarded over $4 million.

 

The amount awarded to some of the FY 2009 grant awardees is the combined total for infrastructure and non-infrastructure projects. Infrastructure improvement projects to be funded through the program include the construction of sidewalks, the improvement of existing sidewalks, and the installation of new crosswalks, school-zone markings, and speed-limit signs. The grants may also be used for educational and promotional pedestrian safety projects such as “Walk to School” days, public outreach and awareness programs, and bike rodeos.

 

To read the news release visit

http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/
about/press/2009/050809a.shtm.

 

 

FY 2009 SRTS Grant Awardees:

Atlantic Co, Linwood, $160,000

Atlantic Co, Northfield, $41,000
Bergen Co, Closter, $275,000
Bergen Co, Hasbrouck Heights, $150,000

Bergen Co, Garfield/YMCA, $30,000
Bergen Co, Ridgewood, $175,000
Burlington Co, Maple Shade, $200,000

Burlington Co, Mount Holly, $125,000
Cape May Co, Woodbine, $275,000
Cumberland Co, Bridgeton, $220,000
Essex Co, Newark/Meadowlink TMA,
$100,000

Essex Co, Montclair (3), $204,000, $25,000, $105,000

Essex Co, Newark/NJ Trauma Center, $150,000

Essex Co, North Caldwell, $48,000

Essex Co, South Orange, $10,000
Gloucester Co, East Greenwich, $20,000

Gloucester Co, Clayton, $130,000
Hudson Co, West New York BOE, $27,000
Mercer Co, Hightstown, $147,000
Mercer Co, Pennington, $220,000
Middlesex Co, North Brunswick, $118,000

Middlesex Co, Piscataway, $30,000

Middlesex Co, Jamesburg, $269,000
Monmouth Co, Freehold (2), $19,000, $110,000

Monmouth Co, Hazlet, $300,000
Morris Co, Parsippany-Troy Hills, $26,900
Morris Co, Mine Hill, $242,000
Morris Co, Madison, $116,000
Passaic Co, Clifton, $263,000

Passaic Co, Wayne, $110,000

Passaic Co, Bloomingdale, $22,000

Somerset Co, Bernardsville, $300,000
Union Co, Cranford, $16,000
Union Co, Roselle Park, $100,000
Warren Co, Greenwich, $135,700
Warren Co, Alpha, $250,000

Warren Co, Franklin, $74,000

Warren Co, Blairstown, $65,500