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County highlights $504,000 Safe Streets award, greenlights $25,000 benefit‑cost analysis for US‑411 BUILD bid
Summary
St. Clair County officials reported winning a $504,000 Safe Streets for All award (total $630,000 with match), discussed ARC and other economic development grants, and approved a $25,000 study to produce a benefit‑cost analysis for a resubmitted BUILD grant for US‑411.
Candice Hill, the county grants coordinator, told the commission the county has had success pursuing several federal and regional grants and intends to resubmit a BUILD grant for improvements on U.S. Highway 411. Hill said the county is working with a senator’s office to secure USDOT support and hopes to get planning dollars that would move the project onto the Transportation Improvement Plan (TIP).
Hill said the county secured $504,000 in Safe Streets for All grant funding; with the local match the total project value is approximately $630,000. She described how the award will fund finishing the safety action plan and allow a set of temporary safety measures — such as striping and temporary paving — that the county would have implemented in any case. She also reported success winning an Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) 'Grants to Grow' award and outlined planned public input sessions (including a Feb. 19 partnership breakfast) to gather priorities for an economic development strategic plan.
Separately, the commission approved spending up to $25,000 to produce a benefit‑cost analysis for a portion of U.S. Highway 411 to support the BUILD application; staff said the analysis would be completed in time for the next application cycle and may require a budget amendment. Commissioners discussed an appropriations trip to Washington, D.C., scheduled for Feb. 9–11 to advocate for the BUILD application.
Commissioners asked staff to coordinate municipal participation for Safe Streets implementation and to clarify any cost‑share requirements for towns that choose to join the countywide plan.
