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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Leaders in Daytona Beach are voting on a plan to improve safety for students walking and riding their bicycles near two school campuses.
During a meeting on Wednesday, commissioners will decide to authorize to direct federal grant money towards the Campbell Middle School and Turie T. Small Elementary School Safe Routes to School Project.
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At a price tag of $1.8 million, the project would improve neighborhood sidewalks around the two schools.
The proposed improvements include five, six, and eight-foot-wide sidewalks, reduction of lane widths on South Street, Keech Street, and Cedar Street, along with construction of two raised sidewalks near the schools.
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Sarah Wilson, whose daughter is a sixth grader at Campbell Middle School, said the changes are needed to reduce the risk for children when they go to and from campus.
“The sidewalks, I feel like if there was more room for them to walk and be children, that would be wonderful,” Wilson said. “Safety is my number one concern. I hope it would be the same for everyone else.”
If commissioners approve the project, $1,839,517 would be paid through federal funding and $25,000 would be covered by local funding.
The Daytona Beach City Commission is scheduled to meet Wednesday at 6 p.m.
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