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By James Peters

Safer School Streets

Arthur Hatton parents give spring Safer School Streets program a passing grade

Dec 18, 2023 | 4:15 PM

KAMLOOPS — The majority of parents at Arthur Hatton Elementary would like to see a continuation of the Safer School Streets program.

The program closed streets to vehicle traffic before and after the school day for two weeks last spring. The absence of vehicles meant students were allowed to engage in safe, active transportation as well as activities like street hockey and sidewalk chalk art.

Parents were surveyed after the program wrapped up and those survey results were released by the City of Kamloops Monday (Dec. 18).

The survey showed 61 per cent of parents in support of the program’s continuation.

Among respondents, 54 per cent of parents and 60 per cent of staff said the program made pickup and dropoff on Schubert Drive and Chestnut Avenue feel safer.

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If the program continues, parents recommend street closures are more closely aligned with the times when children are out and about near the school.

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