Walk to school? Grant designed to provide incentives

January 27, 2008 at 1:30p.m.

YOUNGSTOWN — Parents in some communities soon may no longer feel the need to transport their young ones to school.

Six local communities and school districts have been awarded a collective $60,000 to engineer plans that would make walking or riding a bike to school more safe and more attractive to young people.

The funds were awarded through the Ohio Department of Transportation’s Safe Routes to School initiative.

Under the program Boardman Township, Lowellville Village and Watkins Christian Academy each will receive $6,000, while Poland Township will receive $24,000. In Trumbull County, Hubbard will receive $6,000 and Liberty Township will receive $12,000.

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