$290K Highway Safety Grant Awarded to North Dakota

The funding will be used to support impaired and distracted driving countermeasures, enhanced state traffic safety systems and improve occupant safety

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Associated Press

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota’s congressional delegation says the state has received a federal grant of more than $291,000 aimed at improving highway safety.

The federal Transportation Department grant was awarded to North Dakota’s Transportation Department.

The delegation says the funding will be used to support impaired and distracted driving countermeasures, enhanced state traffic safety systems and help to improve occupant safety.

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