Concord receives $7.9 million in transportation grants that will be used to help the city achieve its goal of reducing several and fatal traffic-related injuries.
CONCORD — The city of Concord is celebrating a major win after securing nearly $8 million in transportation grants from the California Department of Transportation for a large-scale street lighting and safety improvement project.
In Concord, the funding will be used to install new lighting, upgrade existing street and intersection lighting, install pedestrian countdown signals, modify signal phasing and install new traffic signs to alert motorists to pedestrian crossings and are designed to improve pedestrian safety. Funds will also go toward upgrading uncontrolled crosswalks and install additional bicycle safety improvements.
Over the past year, Concord has been successful in securing additional transportation safety-related grants. The city received $4.19 million from the One Bay Area Grant program, $2.8 million from the Active Transportation Program/Caltrans, $632,000 from Congress and $183,000 from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission.
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