Politics & Government
$37K Grant to Reduce Pedestrian Strikes in Cobb County
State is putting the founding toward Cobb County's campaign focused on safe walking habits for schoolchildren.
MARIETTA, GA -- Cobb County pedestrians are getting support from the state in the form of funds to educate schoolchildren on safe walking habits.
The county's Department of Transportation earned $37,975 from the Georgia Governor’s Office of Highway Safety to use in a campaign aimed at reducing pedestrian fatalities and injuries.
“This pedestrian safety campaign funding enables us to reach every fourth grader in Cobb County,” Eric Meyer, CCDOT planning division manager, said in a news release Tuesday.
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The campaign will focus on educating the county's fourth-graders by offering a visit to the Safety Village, where they will view a video and take a test to see if they retained any of the key messages.
The initiative is a partnership between the Cobb DOT, Cobb County Safety Village, Safe Kids Cobb County and Cobb & Douglas Public Health.
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Pedestrian deaths have risen 37 percent over the past two years, according to Cobb County officials.
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