Title
Safe Routes to School Strategic Action Plan Update
PURPOSE: This agenda item is designed to provide the Town Council with an overview of the Safe Routes to School Strategic Action Plan update in an informal setting. A representative from Three Oaks Engineering, the consultant preparing the new plan, will make the presentation and be available for questions.
end
Department
DEPARTMENT: Planning, Zoning and Inspections
end
Council Direction
COUNCIL DIRECTION:
_X__ Race/Equity __X__ Climate __X__ Comprehensive Plan __X__Other
Council Direction Statement
The Carrboro 2022-2042 Comprehensive Plan, Carrboro Connects, speaks to the Safe Routes to School program in Goal 2 of the Transportation and Mobility Chapter, as project H, "Continue to implement the Safe Route to School Action Plan in coordination with schools." Pocket questions addressing possible impacts on Climate Action and Race and Equity have been provided as attachments A and B.
end
Information
INFORMATION: In April 2023, Planning staff received notification that the Town's application for a FY23 Safe Routes to School Non-Infrastructure grant had been selected for funding. The project scope of work included three main components: updating the 2012 Safe Routes to School Strategic Action Plan, collecting current demographic data, and working collaboratively with the Town of Chapel Hill and the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools (CHCCS) system toward the development of a district-wide Safe Routes to School program with an associated staff position.
In August 2025, the Town executed a contract with Three Oaks Engineering to prepare the updated Action Plan. It should be noted that when the original plan was prepared, the national Safe Routes to School program focused on younger students, so only two local schools were eligible for inclusion: Carrboro Elementary School and McDougle Elementary School; Morris Grove Elementary School was not yet fully operational. The award of the grant has...
Click here for full text