ODOT Awards $345,200 in Safe Routes to School Funding to City of Youngstown

Monday, July 18, 2016

The Ohio Department of Transportation has approved the City of Youngstown's application for funding through the Safe Routes to School program for improvements to sidewalks, crosswalks, and signage around McGuffey and Williamson Elementary Schools and to hire a part-time program coordinator to administer educational programming related to safe walking and biking to school.

Infrastructure projects received $315,200 in funding and $30,000 was awarded for the coordinator position over the next two years. In 2015 the City of Youngstown received funding through the Safe Routes program for improvements around Taft Elementary.