Dallas is to be the recipient of a $21.8 million grant specifically for improving safety along Martin Luther King Boulevard.
The road, located in southern Dallas, was identified by two different Texas traffic safety groups as having one of the largest numbers severe crashes involving pedestrians. Five pedestrians over the last two years have been seriously injured along the road as a result of traffic accidents.
The money is curtesy of a U.S. Department of Transportation grant amounting to $817 million made available by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for 385 Safe Street and Roads for All.
Additional funds of $5.25 million from the city and $200,000 provided by DART will be used for bus shelter upgrades.
Among the ways the grant money will be used is for reducing the number of traffic lanes between Fair Park and I-45 from five to four to provide additional space for cyclists and pedestrians. Other changes would be improvement of crosswalks, traffic signal enhancements, upgrading of lighting and better access to transit.
Signage announcing dates of road closures are often sourced from local Print shops as well as those that instruct drivers on detour options.
These funds will help the City of Dallas in its quest to eliminate traffic accidents as well as cut back on severe injury crashes, an initiative called Vision Zero.
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