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Sandra Yi and Suzanne Viehweg ReportingThe goal is to keep kids safe. West Valley City is getting a ten thousand dollar grant to make improvements to a portion of 3100 South near a school.
In the past five years, four people have been hurt crossing a street near Monroe Elementary School in West Valley City, but soon the area will be a little safer, thanks to a 10-thousand dollar grant. Principal Lana Harvey says many students cross the street at 3100 South and 4450 West.
Principal Harvey: "70 students can be trying to stand on a very small, concrete sidewalk area and we're going to increase that area."
Jessikah Maycock, a sixth grader, is on the safety patrol at Monroe Elementary. She stands at the crosswalk every morning and afternoon to help kids cross the street safely. She says it can be a very dangerous street.
Jessikah Maycock, Safety Patrol, 6th Grade Student: "Some of the challenges are that when we block them out, they all get crowded and so they go around. And sometimes they could just get in the middle of the street without us knowing, and they could get hit."
Besides that southwest corner, Harvey says the grant will also pay for railings along the street and a barrier to prevent illegal left hand turns. Audra Dubras lives next to the school.
"There's a lot of parents with their kid that's going to school plus all their other kids."
The project will be done in September.
