Cycle shelters for Penygaer
Carmarthenshire planners have agreed to allow cycle shelters to be built at a Llanelli primary school.
The county council had applied for planning permission for a range of work at Penygaer CP School including a parent waiting shelter and a widened pedestrian/cycle entrance on the northern side of the main gates, new cycle shelters for 20 cycles and two further parent waiting shelters near the school building off Bryndulais Avenue in Penygaer, Llanelli.
An officers’ report to yesterday’s meeting of the planning committee said: “The proposal to erect cycle storage and pedestrian waiting shelters at the school is part of a ‘Safe Routes in the Community’ initiative promoted by the Welsh Assembly Government.
“They are to be installed to cater for those who decide to travel in a sustainable and health promoting manner, making the choice more appealing. ‘Safe Routes’ are part of the Assembly’s measures for tackling level of fitness and obesity in the population, achieving targets towards using sustainable travel and reducing carbon and other greenhouse gases.
“From a general safety point of view, more people choosing to walk/cycle to school means fewer cars parked near the school grounds.”
The county council had applied for planning permission for a range of work at Penygaer CP School including a parent waiting shelter and a widened pedestrian/cycle entrance on the northern side of the main gates, new cycle shelters for 20 cycles and two further parent waiting shelters near the school building off Bryndulais Avenue in Penygaer, Llanelli.
An officers’ report to yesterday’s meeting of the planning committee said: “The proposal to erect cycle storage and pedestrian waiting shelters at the school is part of a ‘Safe Routes in the Community’ initiative promoted by the Welsh Assembly Government.
“They are to be installed to cater for those who decide to travel in a sustainable and health promoting manner, making the choice more appealing. ‘Safe Routes’ are part of the Assembly’s measures for tackling level of fitness and obesity in the population, achieving targets towards using sustainable travel and reducing carbon and other greenhouse gases.
“From a general safety point of view, more people choosing to walk/cycle to school means fewer cars parked near the school grounds.”
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