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Salem council authorizes application for up to $10 million Safe Streets grant, pledges local match and maintenance plan
Summary
City council authorized the city manager to apply for up to $10 million in federal Safe Streets and Roads for All funding, using up to $2.5 million from the 2022 safety and livability bond as local match; staff said ongoing maintenance for the proposed crossings is estimated at about $14,700 per year to be paid from gas tax revenues.
The Salem City Council authorized the city manager to apply for up to $10,000,000 in federal Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) funding and to use up to $2,500,000 from the city’s safety and livability bond as a local match to build a series of pedestrian crossing improvements and to support high-visibility enforcement.
The authorization passed on a roll-call vote after staff described the application and representatives said the projects would focus on specific crossing locations that tie to the grant application. “If we were fortunate to get this grant, we would add these projects into our CIP,” Public Works Director Brian Martin said, noting the grant would allow the city…
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