The city will use $500,000 in community block development grant funding to improve pedestrian infrastructure.
Long Island, New York approved a $601,000 spending package for new crosswalks, sidewalks and other pedestrian improvements.
As Chris Colucci explains in an article in LI Herald, roughly $500,000 of the project will be funded by community block development grants. The project will include new crosswalks and bump-outs, as well as improvements at the Long Beach train station's taxi stand. "In addition to the safety measures, road resurfacing and paving will also take place throughout National Boulevard and Centre Street, continuing similar improvements to road quality which have been implemented across the city in recent weeks."
Read the full story: Long Beach City Council votes to invest $600,000 in road safety
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