Safer routes to school

Safer Routes to School is a capital programme that is co-ordinated by Shropshire County Council with funding from the Local Transport Plan.

Safer Routes to School aims to provide additional support for schools with School Travel Plans and promotes safer, more environmentally sustainable and healthier ways of travelling, especially walking and cycling, to and from school.

To achieve this, we may need to improve conditions (both in safety and the environment) on the main walking and cycling routes to school or around the school entrance. Schemes can include physical measures such as safer pedestrian crossing points, traffic calming, signs or footway improvements.

Schools must have developed a Travel Plan and have requested highway improvements to be considered for funding from the Safer Routes to School programme. The highway measures requested should reflect a need to improve safety or encourage more environmentally sustainable travel to school.

For more information, follow the link to School Travel Plans and our Sustainable School Travel Strategy or download the pdf of Appendix 2 from the Strategy.

Latest projects
Shropshire County Council is currently implementing a new safer routes to school scheme at Meole Brace School Science College which includes a toucan crossing on Longden Road. Follow the link on this page to find out more about these measures.

A new safer routes to school scheme is currently being implemented at Oxon CE Primary School. This includes construction of a raised ‘plateau’ at the junction of Welshpool Road and Racecourse Lane. Follow the link on this page to find out more about these measures.

Shropshire County Council consulted Morda Primary School and the local community on improving safety on the school journey and encouraging more walking to school in Autumn 2007. For more information follow the link on this page.

Work commenced on 28 April 2008 on a new path to Broseley Primary School to Cockshutt Lane to help to encourage more walking and cycling to school. For more information follow the link on this page.

Examples of recent schemes
A new safer routes to school scheme has recently been completed at Shifnal Primary School. To find out more about the pedestrian improvements made at the school follow the link on this page.

St Mary’s Primary School located on the edge of Shawbury has a new Toucan crossing. The Toucan crossing plus improved cycling links to the school and RAF base were completed in April 2007. For more information follow the link on this page.

Ellesmere Primary School have a new Puffin crossing on Elson Road. For more information follow the link on this page.

Radbrook Primary School have a new Puffin crossing on Bank Farm Road. The crossing will improve the safety of school pupils crossing Bank Farm Road. For more information follow the link on this page.

St John’s RC Primary School, St Leonard’s CE Primary School and Bridgnorth Endowed Secondary School have a new Zebra crossing and a 20 mph zone in Innage Lane, Bridgnorth. For more information follow the link on this page.