North Charlotte Today

Senator Thom Tillis announced $5.2 million in grant funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) aimed at improving transportation safety and infrastructure across North Carolina.

“This $5.2 million in grant funding will positively impact the daily lives of North Carolinians across our state by making our communities safer and travel easier,” said Senator Tillis. “I’m proud these investments were made possible by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law that I helped negotiate, write, and pass into law.”

The funds were distributed through the Safe Streets and Roads for All grant program to various communities:

- $3,150,000 to the Charlotte Regional Transportation Planning Organization for a comprehensive safety action plan covering 21 municipalities and three counties in the Charlotte urban area.

- $800,000 to the Town of Chapel Hill to revise their traffic impact analysis process, expand their Safe Routes to School Action plan, and conduct a road diet on a street in the central business district with no bike lanes.

- $483,000 to the town of Boiling Springs for demonstration projects on roads in the downtown core, improved road signage, painted crosswalks, and reinforced parking areas.

- $280,000 to the City of Winston-Salem for a comprehensive safety action plan.

- $240,000 to the Town of Huntersville for a comprehensive safety action plan.

- $96,000 to the Town of Hope Mills for a comprehensive safety action plan.

- $76,800 to the Town of Winterville for a comprehensive safety action plan.

- $57,600 to the Village of Marvin for a comprehensive safety action plan.

- $48,000 to the Town of McAdenville for a comprehensive safety action plan.

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