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Safe Routes to School
 The City has developed partnerships with Crabapple Crossing Elementary School, Northwestern Middle School, and Summit Hill Elementary School as part of a Safe Routes to School team. Through this partnership the City is selecting specific infrastructure projects to include on the grant application for each school. Some of these projects include:
- Filling in sidewalk gaps
- Installing new sections of sidewalk/trail to provide connections to schools
- School zone signage
- Crosswalk improvements
- ADA improvements to sidewalks at schools
The City is requesting up to $500,000 for eligible projects through Georgia Safe Routes to School. These projects must be in public right-of-way. There is no local match required. The City is not responsible for design or preliminary engineering on projects. All of these tasks will be performed by GDOT.
Safe Routes Background
On Aug. 10, 2005, the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, and Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users Act (SAFETEA-LU) was signed into Public Law (P.L. 109-59). GDOT received approximately a total of $17.2 million for federal fiscal years 2005-2009. Of this funding, 70 to 90 percent must be used for infrastructure projects; 10 to 30 percent must be used for non-infrastructure programs. The funds will remain available until expended. The call for applications through Georgia Department of Transportation is for infrastructure projects.
• Read Milton's draft SRTS plan
• Review Milton's SRTS application (Large File: 20 MB)
• Find out more about SRTS at GDOT's Web site. |
