By: American Association of State and Highway Transportation Officials (AASHTO)
Several state departments of transportation across the country recently provided funding for a range of local transportation projects, covering everything from pedestrian and bicycle pathways and shared street initiatives to roadway paving efforts.
For example, the Massachusetts Department of Transportation recently issued $6.5 million to 28 municipalities and two Regional Transit Authorities as part of its “Shared Streets and Spaces” program.
The program provides funding to help cities and towns statewide design and implement projects to improve plazas, sidewalks, curbs, streets, bus stops, parking areas and other public spaces in support of public health, safe mobility, and strengthened commerce.
“These grant awards will advance projects to help support safe travel for everyone, whether they are on foot, bike, transit, or in an automobile and strengthen our municipalities across the state,” noted Monica Tibbits-Nutt, MassDOT’s secretary and CEO, in a statement.
Meanwhile, the Kansas Department of Transportation recently issued a combined $26 million to 33 projects to improve intersections and roads in cities statewide via its City Connecting Link Improvement Program or CCLIP.