The money will be used to improve road safety, repaving roads and bike lanes and making the Griffith Park area safer for pedestrians and cyclists.
Millions of dollars worth of safety upgrades are heading to Griffith Park and thousands of people gathered over the weekend to celebrate the occasion. The events, which are held raise awareness and to make roads safer for all, were organized by Damian Kevitt, the Founder and Executive Director of Streets are for Everyone, and included 1K, 5K, 10K, and half marathon events on Saturday for the Finish the Run portion of the weekend-long occasion.
'This is the largest influx of funding for Griffith Park for road safety, for general infrastructure improvements, repaving, adding more bike lanes. Making it safer for pedestrians and cyclists across the park.'He says that it's the first time in decades that such changes will be implemented at the wildly popular park, and he's hopeful that they'll start with construction in coming weeks. Kevitt started SAFE in Feb.
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