$42K to Greene County for safer roads

XENIA, Ohio (WDTN) - Greene County Combined Health District received $42,000 in traffic safety grants to help fund the county's safe communities program in 2013.

The Greene County Safe Communities Coalition has identified that lack of seat belt use, motorcycle safety and distracted/impaired driving is impacting the safety and welfare of the citizens of Greene County.

The Safe Communities Coalition will use the grant funds to increase awareness about distracted and impaired driving in the local high schools, motorcycle safety, and continue to educate the public on the importance of seat belt use through participation in local festivals, school presentations and other programming.

The money comes  the Ohio Department of Public Safety's Office of Criminal Justice Services. The funds are passed through OCJS from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to support the efforts of safety partners statewide and focus on traffic safety priority areas such as restraint use, impaired driving, motorcycle safety and youthful drivers.