Bracknell

The Bracknell Mayor will officially open a new bicycle shelter at Meadow Vale Primary school on Monday.(June 25)

The bicycle shelter is just one of a number of actions in the school's Travel Plan, which encourages children to walk and cycle to school, rather than by car.

The Bracknell school was awarded a grant of £5,860 by the Department for Education and Skills and the Department for Transport after successfully implementing its travel plan in partnership with Bracknell Forest Borough Council in 2005.

The school has used this money to purchase the bicycle shelters, which were erected by volunteers from Bracknell firefighters.

The Council has implemented a range of traffic calming measures around the school to encourage walking and cycling. These include new speed limits, speed cushions, light controlled crossings and new cycle paths.

The school has also received a donation of cycle helmets from the Bicycle Helmet Initiative Trust for year six pupils, who are currently taking their bicycle training course at the school.

Headteacher, Nigel Duncan said: "The new bicycle shelters are an excellent addition to the facilities at the school.

"We are keen to promote a healthy lifestyle for our pupils, and we hope that now children have somewhere safe and secure to store their bikes, more children will consider cycling to school."

Bracknell Forest Borough Council