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Council moves to secure Safe Routes to School grant for South End sidewalks; March 6 application deadline

Mount Vernon City Council · February 24, 2026
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Summary

Council advanced Resolution 2026-16 to apply to ODOT's Safe Routes to School program for sidewalk and crossing improvements in a South End neighborhood, noting ODOT has increased maximum awards to $1,000,000 and that the application deadline is March 6.

City engineering and the safety-service director urged council to move quickly on Resolution 2026-16, an application to the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) for Safe Routes to School grant funding to complete sidewalk and pedestrian crossing work in a South End neighborhood. The administration said ODOT recently doubled the program's maximum grant to $1,000,000, improving the city's chances of funding phases 2 and 3 of a multi-phase…

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