The Safe Routes to School program provides funding for projects such as replacing blacktop walking paths with proper sidewalks, such as parts of Oradell Avenue (pictured), better drainage at crosswalks where children cross to their school and other initiatives that promote walking and bicycling. The program has two components for which the borough can apply for grants the Safe Routes to Schools grant and Transportation Alternative Program (TAP) grant.

The Safe Routes to School program provides funding for projects such as sidewalks on pedestrian routes to a school where none currently exist, better drainage at crosswalks where children cross to their school and other initiatives that promote walking and bicycling as part of daily life for students in New Jersey.

In order to apply for a Safe Routes to School Grant, Casey said the council would have to liaise with the school administration and board of education in order to prove children would actually walk that route to school.

The recipients for last year’s grants have not yet been announced, said Casey, The borough had applied for money to resurface the next section of the Schaefer Avenue, which would be the third section out of four to receive the remodel.
The Safe Routes to School program provides funding for projects such as replacing blacktop walking paths with proper sidewalks, such as parts of Oradell Avenue (pictured), better drainage at crosswalks where children cross to their school and other initiatives that promote walking and bicycling. The program has two components for which the borough can apply for grants the Safe Routes to Schools grant and Transportation Alternative Program (TAP) grant.

The Safe Routes to School program provides funding for projects such as sidewalks on pedestrian routes to a school where none currently exist, better drainage at crosswalks where children cross to their school and other initiatives that promote walking and bicycling as part of daily life for students in New Jersey.

In order to apply for a Safe Routes to School Grant, Casey said the council would have to liaise with the school administration and board of education in order to prove children would actually walk that route to school.