SHOREWOOD – State Senator Meg Loughran Cappel announced that Plainfield will receive $250,000 through Illinois’ Safe Routes to School program to improve pedestrian safety and expand opportunities for safely walking and biking in the community.
“Encouraging students to walk and bike to school helps emphasize the importance of health and community,” Loughran Cappel (D-Shorewood). “When we make it safer for children to walk and bike to school, they are more likely to do so, setting them up for healthy lifestyles.”
The $250,000 grant will support the installation of a new sidewalk along Frederick, Robert and Norman Avenues, as well as construct crosswalks and ADA-compliant ramps.
The Safe Routes to School program is administered by the Illinois Department of Transportation using federal funding to improve safety and encourage walking, biking and rolling to school. Projects funded through the program include sidewalk improvements, traffic safety measures, public education efforts and community outreach initiatives.
To read more about the $12 million in statewide grants supporting 68 projects across Illinois, click here.
