Parlaunt Park School, Slough open new cycle shelter
Parlaunt Park School will be opening their very own Slough state-of-the-art cycle shelter next Monday, July 16, with funds from their travel plan award to enhance the health of all pupils.
The cycle shelter will be an incentive for children to bike to school with their parents and help keep Slough cleaner, safer and greener.
The school travel plan is produced by all schools in the borough to promote sustainable transport for its pupils and staff by looking at ways to promote walking and cycling to ease congestion and pollution.
The awards were given by the government to schools which had travel plans to reduce car dependency.
To promote safer cycling, Parlaunt Park School, Slough has trained 23 of its year six pupils to become cycle aware.
The shelter will be officially opened by Savio De Cruz, principal engineer integrated transport and Tina Housego, senior road safety officer, both from Slough Borough Council.
Savio De Cruz said: “I’m really proud of the school for training its pupils and buying this superb cycle shelter.
“It will help immensely to get children and their parents fit by cycling to school everyday, or even every other day, to help beat congestion and to ensure Slough is a greener and safer place to be.”
Commissioner for education and children’s services, Cllr David Munkley, added: “Well done to the school for getting the travel plan funding for this wonderful cycle shelter.
“Many children will have fun cycling to school and, in turn, this will help keep them fit and healthy.”
Slough Borough Council