TKPK Receives $220,000 Grant from US Department of Transportation to Improve Roadway Safety

The City has been awarded $220,000 from the US Department of Transportation’s Safe Streets and Roads for All Program.

We are one of 354 local, regional, and tribal communities receiving funding to improve roadway safety and prevent deaths and serious injuries on America’s rural and urban roads.

This planning and demonstration grant will result in a comprehensive safety action plan, including two demonstration projects to test methods of protecting pedestrians and reducing vehicular crashes:

• The first demonstration project will test a mid‐block crosswalk and pedestrian refuge island at one bus stop.
• The second demonstration project will test the hardening of left turn lanes, temporary curb extensions, and other measures at four intersections.

Stay tuned for more information about the city project here. For further details about the US Department of Transportation’s Safe Streets and Roads for All Program grant program, check out:

• The official press release
• The award recipient list