Macon DA’s office awarded $288K grant for pedestrian safety education

Project P.A.U.S.E. aims to teach students, families and adults safer habits when walking near traffic.

MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Macon Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office has received a $288,300.75 grant to continue its pedestrian safety education program across three Middle Georgia counties.

The grant, awarded by the Georgia Governor’s Office of Highway Safety, will fund a second year of Project P.A.U.S.E. (Pedestrian Awareness and Understanding Safety Education).

The initiative focuses on improving pedestrian safety in Bibb, Crawford and Peach counties through education and community outreach.

According to the district attorney’s office, the program includes age-appropriate classroom workshops, community outreach exhibits and the distribution of items designed to improve pedestrian visibility.

Project P.A.U.S.E. aims to teach students, families and adults safer habits when walking near traffic.

The program’s message is “Because No One Should Die While Walking.”