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Sartell to Use Grant to Build New Sidewalk for Schoolkids
SARTELL -- Sartell will use a $435,287 Safe Routes to School Grant to create a safe route for kids near Pine Meadow Elementary to bike or walk to school.
Sartell Planning Associate Therese Haffner says they will build a sidewalk along Second Street South so kids on the south side of the street have a safe way to connect with Pinecone Road. She says with the speed limit at 40 miles-per-hour and traffic counts exceeding 11,000 cars on Second Street South per day, they didn't want kids to have to cross the road to access a sidewalk.
Haffner says they have over 300 kids who will benefit from the new sidewalk.
The grant is for 80% of the project and the city must pay the remaining 20% as a local match.
The sidewalk will be along Second Street South and run from 4th Avenue South to Pinecone Road. The project is slated for construction in 2016.
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