Forum Tonight On Canton's Plan For Students To Walk/Ride To School

CANTON, CT — Local town and school officials are looking for the community's input as it aims to create an environment where Canton's schoolchildren can safely eschew the school bus for other means of transportation.

The Canton Board of Education and the Town of Canton are participating in the Connecticut Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Program.

The town's Safe Routes to School group will be presenting its findings and recommendations on Sept. 17, in the Canton Community Center, 40 Dyer Ave., beginning at 6 p.m.
As part of the development of a SRTS plan, public input is desired.

The goal of the state program is to:

• Enable and encourage children, including those with differing abilities, to walk, bike, and roll to school.

• Make non-motorized transportation to school a safer and more appealing alternative, thereby encouraging a healthy and active lifestyle from an early age.

• Make recommendations to the town for the planning, development, and implementation of projects and activities that will improve safety.

For more information and to provide input on the plan, click on this link.