Safe Routes To Schools Grant Fuels Second Avenue Work

Project to be done in fall, includes Cumberland Street and Kendrick Avenue intersection.

  A 2007 federal grant is at work on Second Avenue and Cumberland Street intersections improving walking routes to neighborhood schools. Public Works Superintendent Mike Debroisse said the grant, from the federal Safe Routes to Schools program, was for about $350,000. Safe Routes to Schools examines conditions around schools and works to improve safety and accessibility, and reduce traffic and air pollution in the vicinity of schools, according to the program's website. The Woonsocket work is happening at two intersections, one at Second Avenue and Olo Street, near Sacred Heart Catholic Church, where the corners are being re-done to make them safer for kids while they're waiting to cross through. Bollards, or metal pipes filled with …

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