WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) awarded 14 Safer Streets for All (SS4A) grants totaling $15,414,000 to 14 communities across Ohio. This funding was included in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, also known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law – legislation that Brown helped write and pass – and will support the development of safety action plans and safety improvements.
“With this investment from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, we are working to make Ohio roads safer for the thousands of Ohioans who travel on them each day,” said Brown. “This funding will put in place safety plans that will help to prevent serious accidents and keep pedestrians, bicyclists and drivers safe.”
“I am grateful to the Biden administration, Transportation Secretary Buttigieg, Senator Brown and Congresswoman Beatty and so many of our residents for their support of the Livingston Avenue project,” said Mayor Andrew J. Ginther. “This investment will significantly improve the safety and accessibility of the corridor, businesses and other community assets. It will help Driving Park and the surrounding neighborhoods reconnect with their rich histories and celebrate residents who made significant impacts on American history.”
Funding from DOT includes:
- $12 million to the City of Columbus to conduct safety improvements on Livingston Avenue West from 18th Street to Nelson Road. This corridor is considered a high-stress corridor. Between 2014 and 2018, 73 percent of all fatal and serious injury crashes in that corridor involved people walking or biking. These improvements will promote safety for all roadway users with a focus on slowing vehicles down and reducing pedestrian, fatal, and serious injury crashes. The project also will benefit neighborhoods that had portions of their communities redlined in the 1930s or demolished by the interstate system in the 1960s.
- $700,000 to the City of Riverside to develop a comprehensive safety action plan.
- $400,000 to Lucas, Wood, Ottawa and Sandusky Counties to develop a comprehensive safety action plan across all four counties.
- $280,000 to the Village of Buckeye Lake to develop a comprehensive safety action plan.
- $259,200 to the Eastgate Regional Council of Governments to develop a comprehensive safety action plan.
- $250,000 to the City of Cincinnati to develop a comprehensive safety action plan.
- $204,800 to Wayne County to develop a comprehensive safety action plan.
- $200,000 to the City of Circleville to develop a comprehensive safety action plan.
- $200,000 to the City of Cleveland Heights to develop a comprehensive safety action plan.
- $200,000 to the City of Sandusky to develop a comprehensive safety action plan.
- $200,000 to the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission to develop a comprehensive safety action plan.
- $200,000 to the Ohio Valley Regional Development Commission to develop a comprehensive safety action plan.
- $160,000 to the City of Dayton to develop a comprehensive safety action plan.
- $160,000 to the Lorain County General Health District to develop a comprehensive safety action plan.
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law established the SS4A discretionary program and will allow $5 billion in appropriated funds over five years. The SS4A program funds regional, local, and Tribal initiatives through grants to prevent roadway deaths and serious injuries.
