Florence Griffith Joyner Elementary Safe Route to School

Traffic and Street Lighting

Walking to Florence Griffith-Joyner Elementary School is no longer such a risky experience for kids.

The city completed a $1.2 million project that included new sidewalks, new traffic-calming pop-outs on corners, and a new traffic light on busy Fairmount Avenue.

Students at Joyner Elementary aren’t the only ones who will be benefit. Monroe Clark Middle School sits just two blocks east. About 750 students attend the elementary school; some 1,200 attend Monroe Clark.

Improvements began in August, 2013 and most of the construction was done several months later.

Perry Electric installed new traffic signal at Fairmount Avenue and Dwight Street.