Assemblywoman Amy Paulin’s office secured a grant to put up a pedestrian-activated crossing signal at Boston Post Road and Esplanade, an intersection that has caused safety concerns for village residents.

The Village of Pelham Manor recently filed for the grant. The issue of safety at the intersection brought more people than usual to a recent village board meeting, with many of the residents requesting a signal be installed.

“We knew about the problem,” said Paulin. “I had staff that had gone to the meeting and learned a traffic signal like this would help mediate the traffic problems that were occurring at that intersection. We secured the money so that the village could, at no cost to them, put up this signal to alleviate that problem.”

Paulin’s office lined up $125,000 to place the signal at the intersection. All that has to happen is for the state to approve the grant that was filed.

There will be a study by the New York State Department of Transportation after the school year begins, likely in September or October. The DOT has not disclosed when the study will be because it is confidential, in order to ensure people act like it’s any other day and either walk or don’t walk to school.

“I, personally, and this board are committed to pedestrian safety,” said Pelham Manor Mayor Jennifer Monachino Lapey at the village board meeting Monday night.