Friday, May 29, 2009

Safe Routes Examined

2009-05-29

07:45:33

A Fort Frances school is investigating what the town can do to make it safe for pedestrians.

Students at J.W. Walker are involved in a program that's examining and documenting the issues pedestrians faces around their school.

O-P-P Constable Anne McCoy, whose working with the students, says their work could result in some advocacy for change.

"What we're doing is we're going to use this as a tool for change," says McCoy. "We're going to look at what we can do as partners in our community to make these pedestrian routes safer."

McCoy says to support their arguments, students have photographed selected areas and are writing what each photograph shows and what improvements could be made.