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Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Program
  Awards $1.00 million for SRTS Projects

Newington, Connecticut – The Connecticut Department of Transportation (Department)  announces the award of nearly $1.0 million in funds from the Federal Highway Administration’s Safe Routes to School (SRTS) program for infrastructure projects.

The SRTS program objective is to encourage more students in elementary and middle schools (Grades K-8) to walk and bike to school, as opposed to other transportation alternatives; thereby encouraging a more healthy lifestyle.  

Local communities walking and biking to nine (9) schools will be supported by the construction of the following infrastructure projects:
            
Town of Bethel
F.A. Berry, Anna Rockwell, RMT Johnson, and Bethel Middle Schools
Sidewalk, sight distance and crosswalk improvements in education park and along Plumtrees Road and Maple Avenue.     
                             
Town of Columbia
Horace W. Porter School - Multiuse trail installation on Route 87 from local neighborhoods to school.
     
City of New Britain
Northend Elementary School
Sidewalk construction, curb ramp installation, crosswalks and signage on Glen Street, just west of Rockwell Avenue.                                         

Town of Fairfield
Ludlowe Middle School, Tomlinson Middle School, and Riverfield Elementary School
Traffic calming measures, sidewalk construction; installation of handicap
accessible ramps, school zone signs and crosswalks.

In March 2007, the Department solicited applications statewide for SRTS infrastructure projects. As part of the application process, eligible schools were required to have a documented SRTS Master Plan.  Selected projects will participate in a 100% federally funded cost reimbursement program managed through the Department.

For program information contact the Department’s Safe Routes to School Coordinator, Ms. Sharon Okoye, at (806) 594-2367 or by email at sharon.okoye@po.state.ct.us