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Paralympian Dame Sarah Storey wants to change the lazy culture of driving children to school and reduce the risk to life posed by cars and congestion. The multiple time gold medalist was in attendance at Leigh Central and Sacred Heart primary schools in Leigh as they launched the School Streets scheme.
This event is something the new Cycling and Walking Commissioner for Greater Manchester believes that can help change the culture and boost activity to benefit overall health. When she was in school, Mrs Storey would regularly walk in as there were not as many cars being used.
Now there is more infrastructure for motor vehicles to get closer access to schools in built up areas around Greater Manchester - and these two adjoined schools are especially at risk.
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School Streets project consists of a traffic regulation order and related signage, where cars (aside from in certain exemptions) will no longer be able to access the school at drop-off and pickup times, and families are encouraged to cycle, walk or scoot instead. So far Wigan has launched three School Streets with funding for a further five.
“I got involved in sustainable transport and supporting the changes that need to be made to enable more people to cycle more and walk more,” Dame Storey said. “School Streets is one of the initiatives that really gets to the heart of communities as we can use this to start on an active neighbourhood but we also need to use this to make it safer and healthier for children to get to school every day.
“I always walked to primary school and everyone I knew always walked. I think it is a
Damian Lewis remembered his late wife Helen McCrory during an interview on “Good Morning Britain” Thursday.
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