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Grant to spend $250,000 to make streets around Audubon Charter campuses more walkable
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The sidewalks and crosswalks around Audubon Charter School will be made safer and more walkable with $250,000 worth of upgrades, based on a federal grant secured by a Tulane public health program, officials said. Details of the effort to create safer routes to the school, according to KidsWalk Coalition program manager Matthew Rufo, include:
Sidewalks will be repaired along two designated routes that include Pitt, Pine, Garfield, Lowerline, Prytania and Hurst Streets. High-visibility crosswalks will be installed at the four corners of the school’s campus. Flashing school zone beacons will be installed at the existing school zone signs on Broadway and on S. Carrollton. Pedestrian countdown signals will be installed at the intersection of St.