Pope John Paul II National School, Malahide, Co. Dublin
The Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Programme was developed in partnership by the NTA and Green-Schools, An Taisce, in 2020, as a response to the need to support schools to increase walking and cycling to school.
Aims of the SRTS Programme:
- Improve safety at the school gate by providing ‘front of school’ treatments to alleviate congestion and improve access;
- Improve access routes to school by improving walking and cycling infrastructure; and
- Increase the number of students who cycle to school by expanding the amount of cycle parking
A tailored Safe Routes to School design has been designed for Pope John Paul II National School that will make travelling to and from school safer, easier and more convenient for all.
What are the proposed improvements?
- Creation of a car-free School Street each
morning and afternoon. - Tightened junctions at Inbhir Íde with Caves
Strand, Sea Road. Tightened junctions slow
down approaching traffic and make crossing
the road quicker and safer. - Resurfaced footpath on Caves Strand
adjacent to junction. - Extended footpath around the green area in Inbhir
Íde, with flexible bollards protecting the path. - Added school zone signs and coloured road
surfacing at Inbhir Íde Drive. - Tightened junction at Inbhir Íde Close with Inbhir Íde
Drive, and tightened junction at Sonesta. - Extended footpath from the corner of Inbhir Íde
Close to the school along Inbir Íde Drive. - Tightened junction at Árd na Mara with Yellow Walls
Road. - Upgraded zebra crossing at Caves Marsh.
- Signage to formalise the one-way system already in
place during school drop off and pick up times. - A series of other minor changes to signage,
junctions and crossings to support the Safe Routes to
School scheme.
