Green school travel plans get award

Publication date: Friday 5 March 2010

Children at Earlsmead and Our Lady of Muswell Primary Schools picked up a road safety award for their school travel plans which encourage children to walk or cycle to school.

The TfL Sustainable Level Accreditation Award is presented to schools showing a commitment to sustainable travel through their School Travel Plan and monitoring its progress.

The scheme will also provide incentives and rewards for London schools that really embrace travel plan development. Those that go well beyond the minimum requirements will be celebrated as examples of good practice.

Cllr John Bevan, Cabinet Member for Housing, Environment and Conservation, went to both schools to meet youngsters and to present their award at the school assemblies last week.

He said: "I am really proud of these young people and the teachers who made the effort to produce fantastic School Travel Plans which make the journey to and from school safer for everyone.

"By encouraging people to walk to school rather than be driven, they are keeping healthy and helping Haringey cut carbon emissions. Clearly, if there are fewer cars on the roads around school buildings, children will be safer and their journeys home less stressful."

• Haringey had a total of 20 schools awarded at Sustainable Level and 7 schools awarded at Higher Level in 2009.
• Photos show award winners from Earlsmead (top) and Muswell Hill (bottom) Primary Schools.

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