Our students checking the amount of cars etc passing our local area. We completed a walk ability audit of our local roads. We have contacted local councillors and have applied for cycle lanes outside our school! More updates soon!
We have signed up for this project to measure traffic pollution and congestion issues around our school community. We are all members of the schools green schools community. We are currently planning to work on our next Green flag- Travel.
Our plan is to measure and complete an analysis of the traffic issues at the road outside our school. We have been meeting and working on ideas of how we can encourgage our staff and students to travel in a sustainable manner to school. From talking to staff and students an issue we found was the dangers of cycling and scooting to school are worrying in a busy urban area.
Our plan is to use the funding to get sensors to measure,monitor and complete an analysis of the traffic levels, air pollution and dangers in the surrounding area. There are no cycle lanes or traffic calming measures outside our school gates. Once we complete this analysis we plan to encourage the local county council to engage with the school to put adequate infrastructure in place to alow of students to feel safe to travel to school in a sustainable manner.
Our community will benefit from this as it help make the local area safer for all members. We hope these measures will help with air pollution in the area as we plan to ensure there are less cars on the road.
