Earlier this month city officials received word from the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) concerning an application submitted several months ago by staff and the Franklin County Community Traffic Safety Team (FCCTST) for a sidewalk construction grant.On Monday, December 21, Stanley Rudd, FDOT Community Traffic Safety Team Coordinator notified city administrator Betty Taylor-Webb via electronic mail with news that the City of Apalachicola will receive $550,000 to construct a pedestrian sidewalk from Battery Park down Bay Avenue to 12th Street and from 12th Street to Avenue E.
The grant is the second sidewalk construction grant applied for by the city in collaboration with the FCCTST to encourage and improve the flow of pedestrian traffic throughout the community.
The first sidewalk project connected Scipio Creek boat basin located at the end of Market Street to Battery Park located off Water Street and the new grant will connect Battery Park to 12th Street.
Local resident Bob Dieter chairs the FCCTST, with the group aggressively pursuing State funding to improve both vehicle and pedestrian traffic throughout Apalachicola and Franklin County.
According to the notice Webb received, the FDOT has allocated $75,000, for design from the States 2010 funding program and $475,000 for construction from a Federal 2011 funding program. Both design and construction will be contracted through the State and Federal funding programs.
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