Iola will receive more than $144,000 in federal funds to help pay for sidewalk improvements around its three elementary schools and Iola Middle School.
The grants were announced Friday by the Kansas Department of Transportation.
Statewide, 25 projects advancing a host of transportation initiatives were selected, according to a KDOT press release. Forty-eight applications were submitted.
The Iola project is part of its “Safe Routes To Schools” effort.
The federal funding requires a 20 percent match, meaning Iola is responsible for $36,060 of the $180,000 project, according to KDOT.
Iola City Administrator Carl Slaugh said the first step, now that funding has been awarded, is for the state to begin design work.
Project bids likely will be awarded sometime late this year. The grant funding calls for completion within a calendar year.
