Fulton Elementary School, in Hempstead, will receive a half-million dollars for safety improvements. The school is bordered by two state highways.
Last week, Long Island was the recipient of $4.3 million in aid from the federal Safe Routes to School program, a program to improve infrastructure to enable and encourage children to walk and bike [...]
New York City will receive approximately 39.5% of the State’s allocation of federal Safe Routes to School (SRTS) funding for the period 2005-2009, according to a recently received letter from NYSDOT Commissioner Astrid Glynn. That equates to about $12.5 million over five years to improve pedestrian safety near schools.
Commissioner Glynn was responding to a letter [...]