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BRADLEY CREEK ELEMENTARY TO RECEIVE UPGRADES FROM CITY OF WILMINGTON/NCDOT SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL GRANT

Bradley Creek Elementary School will soon receive some major upgrades designed to increase the number of students who walk or ride bicycles to school. These upgrades include new sidewalks, a new crosswalk, new signs, a new bicycle rack and a community education program all made possible through a $211,800 Safe Routes to School grant recently awarded by the NC Department of Transportation to the City of Wilmington.

The grant application was one of 14 submitted for the demonstration program and one of six selected statewide.  This demonstration program represents the first dispersal of federal Safe Routes to School funds in North Carolina,
and is intended to serve as a guide for future grant cycles.  The City of Wilmington submitted three applications for the demonstration program in December 2007.

Bradley Creek Principal Sherry Pinto said, "We are very excited about the expanded health and fitness opportunities this funding will provide to our students."

"I think it is wonderful that our students will have a SAFE opportunity to walk or pedal to school and get some exercise at the same time, and I hope the families that live close by will take advantage of this opportunity once it is complete. I also want to thank Joshua Mello and the City of Wilmington for supporting Bradley Creek in this manner," she added.

Bradley Creek Elementary School is located at 6211 Greenville Loop Road and serves 306 students. The Safe Routes to School program at Bradley Creek Elementary will include:

1. A new 3100-foot sidewalk on the west side of Greenville Loop Road between Greenville Village mobile home park and the front door of school.

2. An expanded school zone to include new sidewalk.

3. A more visible crosswalk on Greenville Loop Road.

4. New signs & flexible pedestrian bollards on Greenville Loop Road.

5. A new 16-bicycle rack.

6. Partnership with Centro Latino for three outreach events with the Latino
community in the Greenville Village Mobile Home Park.

7. 4-H bicycle safety education sessions at the school.

8. Production and distribution of bi-lingual neighborhood walking and biking maps.

 

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3/13/08