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Mercer County municipalities to split $3.6 million in grants for road projects
By Cristina Rojas/The Times of Trenton
on May 07, 2014 at 6:30 AM, updated May 07, 2014 at 6:32 AMTRENTON — Nearly $3.6 million in grants will be split among Mercer County’s municipalities to improve safety and weathered roadways without burdening local property taxpayers, state officials announced yesterday.
In all, 391 local aid grants worth $81.6 million were awarded to municipalities across the state.
In Mercer, each municipality will receive a grant that, when combined, total about $3.3 million, and West Windsor emerged as the big winner when it received an additional $225,000 bikeway grant.
“These grants promote motorist, pedestrian and bicyclist safety, mobility and quality-of-life projects,” said state Department of Transportation Commissioner James Simpson.