The City of Alexandria is requesting community feedback on walking and biking conditions around five schools as part of its Safe Routes to School Program to make it safer and easier for children to walk and bike to school. The five school locations are:

• Ferdinand T. Day Elementary School
• George Washington Middle School
• Francis C. Hammond Middle School
• Alexandria City High School (King Street)
• Alexandria City High School (Minnie Howard)

Parents, students, school staff and administrators, and people who live or work near each school are encouraged to share their comments.

Complete the online feedback form by April 2.

These walk audits, in addition to community input, will result in recommendations for safety improvements around these schools. This project is the second phase in the City’s Safe Routes to School walk audit efforts. The first phase of  walk audits was completed in 2017 for 13 ACPS elementary and K-8 schools. The City is actively implementing recommendations from these walk audits, and over half of the approximately 250 recommendations are either complete or in progress.

The Phase 2 Walk Audits are supported by a technical assistance grant awarded by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments’ Transportation-Land Use Connections Program.

Visit alexandriava.gov/go/2685 for more information about the City’s Safe Routes to School Program.

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