Contra Costa County is set to receive nearly $30 million in federal funding to make roads safer for pedestrians.
A good portion of the money will go towards improving a problematic corridor in Antioch where a car collision recently took the life of a 12-year-old walking home from school.
The memorial is still up along Sycamore Drive and Manzanita Way.
It’s where three kids were hit last year after a speeding car lost control and hit a second car – sending it careening into the three kids.
For residents like Jazmon Saaquoi, it was a scene she can’t get out of her mind.
“I still have nightmares,” she said.