WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley announced today that the Federal Highway Administration has awarded a $500,000 grant to the Iowa Department of Transportation through the Rural Safety Innovation Program.
“These funds will help provide greater safety on rural Iowa roads with locally driven solutions to road hazards and upgraded traffic technology,” Grassley said.
The Iowa Department of Transportation will use the funds to upgrade traffic and criminal software to a web based system to reduce rural crashes and fatalities.
The Rural Safety Innovation Program helps improve rural road safety by assisting rural communities in addressing highway safety problems and by providing rural communities the opportunity to compete for project funding. The program will encourage states and rural communities to develop creative, locally crafted solutions to roadway safety problems, document their efforts and outcomes, and share the results with other communities across the country.