Member for Lismore, Janelle Saffin, has welcomed four great active transport projects to help school students get to school safely and improve walking access for all. 

The funding announced today includes:

• More than $800,000 for the North Lismore Connections project to deliver safe pathways linking North Lismore residents to the CBD, sportsfields, showgrounds and the planned new Richmond River High Campus.

• The Dibbs Street – School to Hospital project will create an active transport link to Lismore Public School and Lismore Base Hospital. This will benefit students, staff and the community and encourage walking.

• In Murwillumbah, there is a project to upgrade pedestrian facilities on Queensland Road with three raised crossings, which will particularly benefit students travelling to Mount St Patrick School.

• And Wiangaree Public school students will benefit from the building and upgrading of the footpath and kerbs from Summerland Way, along Kunghur Street.

“All of these projects are about making it easier and safer for people to take active transport options, to walk safely to school or link residents to key places.

“Today is Walk to School Day, and it is projects like this that make it so much easier for our children to walk or ride a bike to school and start a healthy exercise habit that is such a good start in life.