Statesboro city leaders made clear Friday their intent to improve traffic and pedestrian safety in the upcoming fiscal year. In an all-day budget-planning retreat, at Georgia Southern University’s City Campus downtown, department heads announced various road projects designed to alleviate dangers associated with problematic intersections and high-volume student crossings within the city. The group detailed a series of SPLOST-funded ventures that are projected to cost more than $1 million over the course of the 2013 fiscal year (begins July 1, 2012).A bulk of the funds, according to Statesboro City Engineer Robert Cheshire, will pay for the construction of sidewalks on roadways situated near Georgia Southern University, filtering would-be-jaywalking students to areas designated for crossing to the school’s campus.