Safe Routes to Schools update highlights aging beacons, ongoing grant-funded projects
City staff described operations and capital work for Safe Routes to Schools, noting 124 flashing beacons citywide, several school projects in design/construction, and estimate to wireless-upgrade beacons at roughly $250,000–$300,000. Commissioners asked about school-district coordination and map updates.
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Spokane transportation staff presented an update on the city's Safe Routes to Schools program, describing both operational work (programming and maintaining 21 flashing beacons) and capital projects funded through traffic-calming dollars and competitive Safe Routes grants. Inga, the presenter, said the street department operates the beacons and that “we have 124 of them installed,” with most in the Spokane School District and a few at schools that fall under Mead and private schools such as Gonzaga Prep and St. Aloysius.
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