Legislative Priorities Submission: Brown Road Sidewalks – Safe Routes to School

Submitted by: City of Madisonville

The Safe Routes to School Program (SRTS) is designed to enable and encourage children, including those with disabilities, to walk and bicycle to school; to make bicycling and walking to school a safer and more appealing transportation alternative; and to facilitate the planning, development, and implementation of projects and activities that will improve safety and reduce traffic, fuel consumption and air pollution in the vicinity of schools.

The Safe Routes to School Program is a Federal-Aid program of the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). The Program was created by Section 1404 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users Act (SAFETEA-LU).

The City wants to build upon its earlier success of obtaining funding for a similar sidewalk project along Grapevine Road. In the securing of additional funding for the construction of sidewalks along Brown Road, near James Madison Middle School, a public safety issue can be addressed. This project would total 5,325 LF and would cost an estimated $238,956 to construct.

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