ENID, Okla. — Construction will begin this summer on a student drop-off and loading zone at Longfellow Middle School, officials announced. A blinking stop light at Randolph and 10th and a mid-block crossing in front of the school will also be installed.
The project is being funded by a $200,000 grant from the 2009-2010 Safe Routes to School Program awarded to middle schools to teach students safer ways for getting to and from school every day.
The city of Enid also committed $28,000 and engineering services to the project. The Enid Police Department and Enid schools are planning to promote awareness about walking and bicycling safety using these renovations.鈥ㄢ�ˋnother construction project in the city, on the sidewalk from Cleveland to Oakwood at Waller Middle School, will also begin in 2011. That project was funded by a 2008 grant from the Oklahoma Department of Transportation.
The improvement projects are a result of the 2010 bond issue.
Safe Routes to School is a network of more than 500 nonprofit organizations, government agencies, schools and professionals that promote pedestrian travel and safety, reduced traffic congestion, improved air quality and neighborhood safety.