The grant to the Northeast Alabama Highway Safety Office will fund the Special Traffic Enforcement Program which was established to curtail drunken driving, speeding and aggressive and reckless behavior on the roads in Cherokee, Dekalb, Etowah, Jackson and Marshall counties. The grant will supplement a $70,000 award from Riley earlier this month.
“This program underscores the message that dangerous driving cannot be tolerated on Alabama roads,” Riley said. “Drivers who insist on breaking traffic laws and endangering the lives of others will face incarceration, heavy fines or loss of driving privileges.”
The number of law enforcement officers patrolling the roads will be increased and law enforcement officials throughout the area will set up special safety checks and roadblocks in locations were crashes and driving infractions are highest.
Officials at the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs notified Dr. Devin Stephenson, president of Snead State Community College, that the grant had been approved. ADECA is administering the grant and Snead State will serve as the disbursement agent.
The grant was awarded from funding made available to the state through a program of the Federal Highway Administration
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