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Committee advances pedestrian‑safety grant for sidewalks near schools
Summary
House Bill 16 would create a Student Pedestrian Protection Grant Fund at TDOT to support sidewalk design, construction and repair near public schools; committee forwarded the bill with a positive recommendation.
House Bill 16, sponsored by Representative Clemens, would create the Student Pedestrian Protection Grant Fund and a grant program housed within the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) to supplement local governments’ efforts to design, construct, repair and replace sidewalk infrastructure near public schools. The House Government Operations Committee gave the bill a positive recommendation on March 10 and advanced it to calendar and rules.
Clemens described the measure as aimed at improving pedestrian safety around schools and said the program would support local governments that need supplemental funding to address sidewalks and crossings. Committee members raised no substantive questions and the committee recorded a unanimous vote to advance the bill.
Votes and next steps: HB 16 passed the committee and will go to calendar and rules for subsequent consideration.
