Safe Routes to School Community Workshop
Safe Routes to School is a nation-wide program that aims to create safer conditions around schools, and to encourage students, parents, and school staff to walk, bike, or roll to school. The City of Solana Beach, in partnership with the local Elementary, Middle, and High Schools, and the local Boys and Girls Club, is working on its own Solana Beach Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Plan.
The City has been working on a SRTS Plan to assess transportation needs and challenges for students and parents as they commute to and from schools throughout the City. Some of the goals of the plan are to identify specific enhancements to the City’s existing roadway network to create a safer and more comfortable school commute with emphasis on walking and bicycling options for Solana Beach schoolchildren, their families and other residents.
A community workshop will be held to present the draft recommendations and solicit feedback from the community on Thursday, November 17th, at 6:00 PM, in the Solana Beach Council Chambers. At the workshop, residents will be able to review and discuss the nine sites that have been studied and submit feedback on the proposed recommendations. The draft recommendations for each site can be viewed on the City’s Safe Routes to School page.