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- Waverley Council investigates ways to make it easier for children to walk to school
Waverley Council investigates ways to make it easier for children to walk to school
22 June 2022 | Media Release
22 June 2022
Waverley Council has adopted a Mayoral minute to investigate establishing a series of safe walking routes to schools.
In her Council motion, Waverley Mayor, Paula Masselos, cited figures out of Victoria which showed only 15% of children walked to school last year compared to 40% in the 1970s.
“That needs to change and the best way to do that is by providing safe pedestrian connections to schools,” Mayor Masselos said.
“Waverley is one of the most densely populated areas in Australia and the feedback I’ve received from students as to why they don’t like walking to school is because they don’t feel safe crossing busy main roads.
"We intend to look at the types of safety and traffic signage needed to make crossing these routes much safer as well as traffic speeds and any other adjustments.
“I’d like to see buy-in from principals, P&C associations, police and the broader community to develop an outreach and community consultation strategy for how these safe walking routes could work, and we’ll certainly be talking to these key stakeholders.
“We will also look at the budget required to make this a success, including potential state and federal grant funding.”
Active travel such as walking and cycling is now the least common way for children in Australia to travel to school, with most being driven, a 2018 Heart Foundation study showed.
Physical inactivity in children and youth is an international epidemic with one in five primary school children and one in four secondary school in Australia considered obese.
“Research has also shown that children who walk or cycle to school are able to concentrate much better than others during those first few hours of the school day," Mayor Masselos said.
“VicHealth’s Streets Ahead programme also found that children who walked to school were better able to describe the area they live in, and presumably, better able to navigate their way around.”
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Media inquiries: media@waverley.nsw.gov.au or 0416 075 532.