Safe Routes to School: October 2009 Archives

The Safe Routes to School committee has been meeting for a number of months (there last meeting can be viewed here).

Part of the plan is to create safe routes so that students can be dropped off at various locations and walk or bike safely to school. One of those proposed locations is the Lions Club owned by the town.

Hard to tell how this will be accomplished. There are no sidewalks between the Lions Club and the schools and it's pretty much surrounded by private property. I doubt many of the land owners want a "trail" through their backyards. Not to mention the wildlife and wetlands that would be disrupted.

And what will it all cost? There is grant money potentially, but when they start talking about easements and buying property it's time to watch this closely.