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MPO committee recommends Safe Routes program and Mesilla path lighting for state grant review
Summary
At its meeting, the Doña Ana County MPO technical committee recommended forwarding two Transportation Alternatives/Recreational Trails applications to the MPO governing board: a $700,000 Safe Routes to School program from Las Cruces Public Schools and a $1.5 million solar lighting project for the Calle de Norte path in Mesilla.
The Doña Ana County Metropolitan Planning Organization technical committee voted to recommend two Transportation Alternatives Program/Recreational Trails applications to the MPO governing board.
Las Cruces Public Schools sought $700,000 in programmatic, non‑infrastructure Transportation Alternatives Program funding to continue and expand its Safe Routes to School work. Ashley Curry, Safe Routes to School coordinator, told the committee the program has run in Las Cruces “since 02/2006” and described a mix of education, encouragement, evaluation and engagement activities aimed at increasing walking and biking to school.
Curry said…
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