Street Safety grants awarded to area counties

Melissa Baker
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On Jan. 31, counties across Ohio were awarded street safety grants.
On Jan. 31, counties across Ohio were awarded street safety grants.

WASHINGTON - A Street Safety Grant has been awarded to counties across Ohio, including Sandusky, Ottawa, Lucas and Wood counties. They are some of the 510 recipients nationwide to receive grants as part of the new federal Safe Streets and Roads for All Program (SS4A).

This program is divided into two types of grants — one is an Action Plan grant which allows the county to see what it needs to approve on. The other is an Implementation grant which focuses on constructing and carrying out the problem areas found in the Action Plan.

“We are very excited to receive an SS4A grant to prepare a Transportation Safety Action plan,” Lucas County Engineer Mike Pniewski said, “which will identify measures and locations to make our transportation system safer for Northwest Ohio.”

These grants are programmed to work with a data-centric approach that helps identify problem areas and come up with solutions to that issue, also feedback from outreach and community help, according to the Lucas County engineers office.

“This program provides a unique collaboration with Lucas, Wood, Ottawa, and Sandusky counties coming together to make our roads safer for everyone,” Pniewski noted. “It doesn’t matter if you live in a rural or urban area, or if you use roads in these counties to walk, bike, or drive, this plan will look at our system and develop new ways to improve safety.”

The Safety Grants programs were established by President Biden’s bipartisan infrastructure bill, which passed on Nov. 6, 2021.  This bill provides $5 million over five years for regional and local authorities to invest in safety improvement projects and planning to rebuild America’s roads, bridges, and rails.

This article originally appeared on Fremont News-Messenger: Street Safety grants awarded to area counties