PORTLAND (AP) — The federal government is giving Maine two grants totaling more than $138,000 aimed at improving highway and traffic safety.

More than $80,000 of the money will support state efforts to improve emergency services and safety for pedestrians and bicycle and motorcycle riders. That grant will also seek to reduce impaired and unsafe driving. The rest of the money is going toward assisting state efforts to reduce highway deaths and injuries via more enforcement and education about seat belts.

The money is coming from the federal Department of Transportation’s National Highway Safety Administration through the Community Highway Safety and Occupant Protection Grant programs. The grants will go to the Maine Bureau of Highway Safety.

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