The town of Ridgefield is getting a $320,000 grant to improve traffic safety. Town leaders in Ridgefield plan to use the federal grant to study and improve high-traffic areas and pedestrian crossings, with a goal of making it safer to walk around Ridgefield. The money, part of a $5 billion nationwide grant, was awarded through the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Safe Streets and Roads for All grant program. The $320,000 for Ridgefield is part of $6.6 million slated for vehicular and pedestrian safety improvements at 93 locations across western Connecticut. The money from that grant will be used to implement numerous safety improvements aimed at reducing what has been an increase in crashes.
Ed Histed
Ed launched his radio career in 1975 and has spent more than five decades in the broadcasting industry. During that time, he has served in a wide range of roles including Air Personality, News Director, Sales Manager, Operations Manager, and General Manager at numerous radio stations in various markets across the country. Beyond on-air and management responsibilities, Ed has also worked extensively on the technical side of broadcasting. His background includes RF engineering and information technology, with particular experience configuring digital automation systems and remote voice-tracking platforms used by stations across the country. Ed was also among a select group of industry professionals invited by Google to its California headquarters following the company’s acquisition of Scott Studios. He was one of just 12 broadcasters nationwide chosen to participate in discussions and provide input during the design and rollout of Google’s digital broadcast automation platform. Although the majority of Ed’s career—spanning roughly four decades—was rooted in music radio, he transitioned into news and information programming in 2012. He says the move into spoken-word broadcasting was a natural evolution after decades of experience in multiple areas of the industry.