- Massachusetts Department of Transportation
- Rail and Transit Division
Media Contact for MassDOT Announces Winners of 2024-25 Signs and Lines Program
Jacquelyn Goddard, Director of Communications, MassDOT
BOSTON — The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT), through its Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Program, is announcing the winners of the 2024-2025 Signs and Lines Program. The SRTS Signs and Lines Program typically provides design services and up to $10,000 in construction funding to each selected winner for low-cost infrastructure projects around public elementary, middle, and high schools. Eligible low-cost projects include signage and pavement markings to improve safety and accessibility along key walking and biking routes to a school.
“The projects funded by our Signs and Lines Program aim to remove small obstacles that can hinder students from walking, biking, and rolling to school,” said Transportation Secretary and CEO Monica Tibbits-Nutt. “We congratulate the winning schools this year and commend them for their dedication to the safety and wellbeing of their students.”
The application period for the 2024-2025 Signs and Lines Program opened on September 4, 2024, and all applications were due on October 4, 2024. All SRTS partner schools (that have been a partner for at least six months as of September 4, 2024) were encouraged to apply. The projects are intended to be completed no later than June 30, 2025, and within the current school year.
The three schools/communities selected this year are:
- Thoreau Elementary School, Concord
- Gates Middle School, Scituate
- City View Discovery School, Worcester
This was the sixth round of grants issued for Signs and Lines projects, not including the successful pilot project in Lawrence during the 2018-2019 school year. The Signs and Lines pilot project at the Community Day Arlington Elementary and Arlington Middle School was completed in June of 2019 and included new crosswalks, signage, and an improved arrival/dismissal circulation plan. Since then, over 20 additional communities have been able to better connect schools with rail trails, increase pedestrian visibility, and improve school zone signage.
Massachusetts’ SRTS Program, sponsored by MassDOT and with funds from the Federal Highway Administration, promotes safer routes for students to actively get to and from school by fostering partnerships between community-led organizations, local law enforcement, education leaders, and public health departments. The program currently serves more than 1,200 schools in more than 280 communities across the Commonwealth. Through these partnerships, the SRTS Program highlights the importance of pedestrian and bicycle safety. SRTS also provides information, materials, and resources to support schools and communities with their local SRTS initiatives.
For questions related to the Signs and Lines Program, email SRTS@dot.state.ma.us. You can also visit Safe Routes to School - Engineering | Mass.gov. For more information on Massachusetts Safe Routes to School visit:
www.mass.gov/safe-routes-to-school
www.facebook.com/SafeRoutes.MA
www.linkedin.com/company/ma-safe-routes-to-school
For more MassDOT news and updates visit:
www.mass.gov/blog/transportation
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Media Contact for MassDOT Announces Winners of 2024-25 Signs and Lines Program
