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Princeton and Savanna get money to make walk to school safer

Princeton and Savanna, Illinois, were among locations set to receive part of nearly $6 million in federal money to help make the walk to school safer for childr...
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Princeton and Savanna, Illinois, were among locations set to receive part of nearly $6 million in federal money to help make it safer to walk or bike to school.

The Safe Routes to School program funds repairs and new construction of sidewalks, pedestrian signals, speed signs and police equipment to make it safer for kids to walk and bike to school.

Illinois received $5.9 million  from the federal program to tackle 58 projects as part of the Illinois Safe Routes to School program, designed to encourage more children to walk to bicycle to get to school each day.

Illinois authorities said the number of kids who walked or biked to school dropped from 42 percent in 1969 to 16 percent in 2001.

As part of the $5.9 million, the City of Princeton will receive $131,200 to improve sidewalk accessibility around five K-8 schools and to also improve signs.  The City of Savanna and West Carroll School District CUSD #314 will receive $160,000 to build a new sidewalk along Wacker Road and on Will and Hickory streets.

For a full list of the Illinois projects getting funding in 2014, click here.

 

 

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