Lexington County will receive a $28.8 million federal grant award to implement the project “One Lexington, Zero Fatalities,” members of the Lexington County Council learned during the panel’s only November meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 10.
According to council documents, Lexington County and local municipalities submitted a joint application for the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Safe Streets and Roads for All Program back in May. The county was recently notified it will be awarded a $28,775,204 grant for “One Lexington: One Lexington, Zero Fatalities.”
According to Lexington County government, 400 people have been killed while driving, walking or bicycling on the streets of Lexington County since 2017, which is a higher number than those who died in violent crimes, natural disasters and house fires…