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Red Wing presenters describe Safe Routes bike fleet at Burnside, outline maintenance and curriculum plans
Summary
Presenters from Goodhue County and Red Wing schools described a new portable bike fleet and Safe Routes to School activities at Burnside and other district schools, saying the program supports safety education and student physical activity and detailing storage, maintenance and curriculum plans.
Sarah Dawson, a public health educator with Goodhue County, and Red Wing staff on Monday described a Safe Routes to School bike fleet that the district has begun using at Burnside and other schools.
Dawson said her position is funded through the Statewide Health Improvement Partnership and local initiative Live Well Goodhue County. "Safe Routes to School is just making walking, biking and rolling to school safer and more, accessible for all students," she told the board, adding that the program’s goal is healthier, happier students.
The program description said the city of Red Wing received about $290,000 in Safe Routes infrastructure funds for engineering and signage improvements across Sunnyside, Twin Bluff and Burnside, and Burnside used Minnesota Department of Transportation planning and boost grant funds valued at around $67,000. The Burnside plan allocated roughly $38,600 of…
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