The City of Delta is pleased to be working with five elementary schools on a new pilot program seeking feedback from school communities to help make the trip to school safer.
The School Neighbourhood Active Travel Plan (SNAP) pilot program is working with Cougar Canyon, Heath, Jarvis Traditional, Richardson, and South Park elementary schools to understand how students get to and from school and what makes those trips feel safe or unsafe. A proposed plan will be developed for each school, setting out suggested improvements for the streets around it.
"We look forward to engaging parents, teachers, and students on the SNAP pilot program which will help identify future road safety projects and inform the City’s overall Vision Zero Strategy," said Steven Lan, General Manager of Engineering.
Families at the five schools can complete a short survey at letstalk.delta.ca/SNAP until November 20. Parents and school staff can also join a walkabout near their school between November 2 and 20, looking at problem spots together with City staff. Anyone interested in joining should contact their school principal. Students will also provide feedback through short, in-class surveys.
The City is delivering the pilot with participation from Fraser Health and the Delta School District. What families share will be reviewed alongside transportation data, collision and safety information, and engineering assessments to develop a proposed plan for each school.
Elementary schools from across Delta are participating, and the five schools in the pilot were selected to give the program a range of neighbourhood conditions to test. The outcomes of the pilot program will be reviewed with Council and the community before expanding to more Delta schools.