Walking audits: A closer look at safety at Fresno County Schools

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Fresno County is actively looking for ways to amended schoolhouse zones by conducting walking audits during drop-off and pickup times implicit the adjacent fewer weeks.

The schools see Addams Elementary School, Riverdale Elementary School, Calwa Elementary School, Riverdale High School, Cantua Elementary School, Tranquility Elementary School, Caruthers Elementary School, Tranquillity High School, Caruthers High School, Washington Colony Elementary School, Del Rey Elementary School, Washington Union High School, Fipps Primary School, West Park Elementary School and Powers-Ginsburg Elementary School.

“It’s important that kids person a harmless mode to locomotion to schoolhouse ...or adjacent if they are getting picked up from the autobus they person a harmless spot to wait,” said Erin Haagenson with the Department of Fresno County Public Works.

She says students and genitor could spot respective changes to their commutes comparatively soon.

“Improvements mightiness beryllium restriping a crosswalk oregon putting successful further signs astir schoolhouse velocity zones," Haagenson said.

Those are conscionable a fewer short-term improvements, but the survey could uncover the request for much semipermanent changes, similar adding a caller stoplight to an intersection oregon adding a caller sidewalk.

Fresno County Supervisor Luis Chavez volition instrumentality portion successful the process and says it's important for the assemblage to springiness their feedback.

“What amended mode to find retired what is going connected than to speech to the radical that person to unrecorded determination each azygous day,” Chavez said.

The region volition beryllium doing further walking audits successful the months to come.

Those who consciousness a walking audit needs to beryllium done astatine schoolhouse adjacent them tin email the region astatine shuerta@fresnocounty.ca.gov