Friday, October 28, 2016

Eight Municipalities in the First Essex and Middlesex District Receive Safety Grants



Boston – Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr (R-Gloucester) is pleased to announce eight municipalities in the region have been awarded over $89,000 in federal grant funding to improve traffic safety and enforcement.

The grants have been awarded by the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security, Highway Safety Division (EOPSS/HSD) with funding provided by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. 

The Child Passenger Safety (CPS) Equipment Grant, awarded to West Newbury, provides child safety seats to low income families to be installed during child passenger safety checkup events and at fitting stations. The CPS program also educates parents, grandparents and child caregivers on the proper installation and usage of child safety seats, as well as provides information on age and size appropriate car and booster seats.

The Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Enforcement and Equipment Grant, awarded to Essex, Ipswich, Wilmington and Georgetown, allows local police departments to fund initiatives that address pedestrian and bicycle safety issues and couple educational projects with enforcement of laws.  This is a unique opportunity for localities to mobilize a community to work together in reducing pedestrian and bicycle injuries. 

The Traffic Enforcement Grant, awarded to Ipswich, North Reading, Wilmington, Middleton, North Andover and Georgetown, assists in funding High-Visibility Enforcement (HVE) patrols. HVE is a traffic safety approach designed to deter and change unlawful traffic behaviors that combines highly visible and proactive law enforcement targeting a specific traffic safety issue.  Issues targeted include campaigns such as “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” and “Click It or Ticket.”  

The Underage Alcohol Enforcement (UAE) Grant, awarded to Ipswich, North Reading, Wilmington, and Middleton, provides funding to law enforcement agencies to develop programming to reduce underage drinking and driving.

Town
Grant Awarded
Totals

CPS Grant
Bike/Pedestrian
Traffic Enforcement
UAE

Essex
-
$4,108
-
$4,926
$9,034
Ipswich
-
$7,500
$7,500
$5,000
$20,000
Georgetown
-
$6,792
$7,500
-
$14,292
Middleton
-
-
$7,500
-
$7,500
North Andover
-
-
$7,500
-
$7,500
North Reading
-
-
$7,500
$5,000
$12,500
West Newbury
$2,000
-
-
-
$2,000
Wilmington
-
$4,190
$7,500
$5,000
$16,690