CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) – More than $740,000 in grants designed to improve public safety on roads has been awarded to Montgomery County agencies.
“These grants will give our local communities additional funds that should help upgrade their efforts to make our roads safer and to protect our citizens from those who drink and drive,” state Sen. Bill Powers of Clarksville said in a news release. “The overall goal is to reduce crashes and injuries and to save lives.”
The $741,079 in funds will be disbursed by the Tennessee Highway Safety Office to reduce traffic crashes, injuries and fatalities.
The grants include:
- $4,325 to the Austin Peay State University Police Department for high visibility enforcement.
- $125,000 to the Clarksville Police Department for alcohol and impaired driving enforcement.
- $37,704 to CPD for motorcycle safety.
- $28,850 to CPD for distracted driving education.
- $15,000 to CPD for bicycle and pedestrian safety.
- $59,500 to the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office for police traffic services (multiple violations).
- $260,600 to the 19th District Attorney General (shared with Robertson County) for DUI prosecution.
Powers’ Senate District 22 also includes Houston and Stewart counties, which received:
- $5,000 for the Erin Police Department for high visibility enforcement.
- $5,000 to the Houston County Sheriff’s Office for high visibility enforcement.
- $4999 to the Dover Police Department for high visibility enforcement.
Also, Stewart and Houston counties will benefit from the $210,100 grant awarded to the 23rd Judicial District for DUI prosecution, the release said. It will be shared with Cheatham, Dickson and Humphreys counties, which also are in the judicial district.