Policy for Safe Routes to Schools
To contribute to Corporate and Community Plan aims, and
Welsh Assembly Government
objectives, of reducing child road casualties and improving
children's health, by increasing the numbers of children who walk
or cycle to school, which in turn will lead to a reduction in
traffic congestion and pollution. In pursuit of this we will do the
following:-
Pursue
all opportunities for obtaining grants for Safe Routes to Schools
initiatives;
- Establish a rolling programme of schools at which Safe Routes
to Schools initiatives are to be introduced;
- Engage with schools and the wider community in the development
of School Travel Plans;
- Involve children, teachers, parents and school governors in
school based initiatives for planning measures to address their
needs and safety concerns;
- Provide marked routes to schools which children can use
confidently and safely;
- Provide secure cycle parking facilities at schools where a need
is identified;
- Develop practical on-road cycle training courses for young
people and adults;
- Promote initiatives such as the 'Walking Bus' where younger
children are accompanied on their journeys to and from school in
groups, supervised by approved and trained volunteers.
This policy has cross cutting themes and complements and
interlinks with the following Corporate Objectives and Policy
Standards:-
- Environment
- Transport
- Community Safety
- Confident Communities
- Regenerating Communities & Sustaining the Environment
- Supporting the Disadvantaged & Improving the Quality of
Life
- Better Health and Well-being
- Policy for Walking and Cycling
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