Division of Planning/Engineering

Office of Project Development

700 E Broadway Avenue

Pierre, South Dakota 57501-2586  

605/773-3093

FAX: 605/773-6608

http://www.sddot.com/srts/

For Immediate Release:   September 25, 2009

For More Information:       Angela Olson, Safe Routes to Schools Coordinator,
605-773-2402

Safe Routes to School funding available to

get kids walking and biking

PIERRE, S.D. - Applications are now available for the Safe Routes to Schools Program (SRTS), which seeks to identify improvements and incentives to make walking and biking to and from school a routine part of primary and middle school students’ experience.

Individual schools, school districts, municipalities, Tribes and child safety and health advocates can apply for funds on behalf of grades K-8.  A comprehensive SRTS plan includes components that address education, enforcement, encouragement, engineering and evaluation.  If selected to participate in the program, schools are reimbursed 100 percent for eligible projects completed after their selection.

Applications, qualifying criteria, program ideas and other resources can be found online at www.sddot.com/srts . The application deadline is March 25, 2010.

The Safe Routes to Schools Program is funded through the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration.  Each state’s Department of Transportation administers its own program.

Safe Routes to School, 

Where it’s safe, get kids walking and biking, 

Where it’s not safe, make it safe. 

For more information, visit www.sddot.com/srts or contact Angela Olson, Safe Routes to Schools Coordinator, at 605-773-2402.

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