{"id":261714,"date":"2026-04-10T21:55:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T21:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/261714\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T21:55:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T21:55:08","slug":"fresno-county-safe-routes-to-school-get-6-million-in-measure-c-funds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/261714\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresno County Safe Routes to School Get $6 Million in Measure C Funds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Fresno County Transportation Authority Board is tackling a crucial aspect in ensuring students remain safe and in the classroom.<\/p>\n<p>Board members allocated $6 million of Measure C funds towards investments in pedestrian and bicycle safety improvements near schools across the county.<\/p>\n<p>This is part of the Safe Routes to School Program, established in 2006, which aims to invest meaningful dollars towards improvements that enhance safety around schools.<\/p>\n<p><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/gvwire.com\/contact\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"GVWire-Ad-Get-our-mobile-app-1280\u00d790-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GVWire-Ad-Get-our-mobile-app-1280x90-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"   width=\"1280\" height=\"90\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery day, students and families in our communities rely on these pathways to get to school, work, and essential destinations,\u201d said Lynne Ashbeck, chair of FTCA. \u201cBy funding projects like this, we\u2019re helping to create safer, more reliable connections that improve quality of life across Fresno County.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/measurec.com\/about-measure-c\/board-of-directors\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Board members<\/a> approved seven projects collectively serving 20 schools during a Wednesday meeting. More than half of the funded projects involve pavement installation, upgrading dirt pathways that students currently use to reach school.<\/p>\n<p>Safe Routes prioritizes bicycle and pedestrian friendly projects within one-half mile of a school site and is available exclusively to rural jurisdictions. The project limit is $1.5 million.<\/p>\n<p>18 Project Applications Totaling $17 Million<\/p>\n<p>FTCA opened a call for projects in July and received 18 applications totaling more than $17 million \u2014 nearly three times the available funding. This underscores the significant demand for school safety improvements across the county, FTCA said in a press release.<\/p>\n<p>During a recent Fresno Unified School Board meeting, trustees highlighted the importance of safe routes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have had a 17-fold increase in our students being hit walking to school or biking to school. We\u2019ve had at least two deaths: one by bike and one pedestrian,\u201d said Board President Veva Islas. \u201cI\u2019m very much in support of wanting to encourage our children to walk and bike to school. And they deserve the investments in order to do that safely.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Approved Projects in Fresno County<\/p>\n<p>The approved projects and funding amounts are as follows:<\/p>\n<p>City of Selma: Rose Avenue and Olive Avenue Crosswalks \u2013 $644,800<br \/>\nCity of Parlier: Madsen Avenue SAFE Projects \u2013 $906,588<br \/>\nCity of Sanger: Fowler Switch Canal Pedestrian Bridge \u2013 $906,588<br \/>\nCity of Reedley: T.L. Reed Safe Routes to School Project \u2013 $906,587<br \/>\nCity of Fowler: Safe Routes to School Project \u2013 $906,587<br \/>\nCity of Mendota: SRTRS Master Plan Implementation \u2013 $906,587<br \/>\nCounty of Fresno: Cantua Elementary Pedestrian Pathway \u2013 $822,263<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Fresno County Transportation Authority Board is tackling a crucial aspect in ensuring students remain safe and in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":261715,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-261714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=261714"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261714\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/261715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=261714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=261714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}