One of the group’s most successful and delightful achievements has been the implementation of the ‘walking school bus.’Many families having young children live along Waterworks Road and they attend the local primary school, Princes Street Primary. There being no bus service down the valley, as a community, we were well aware of the environmental and social impact of our children being driven to and from school:
- pollution from vehicle exhausts
- usage of fossil fuels
- potential danger of more traffic on our narrow, windy and often slippery road
- less exercise for our children
- and the cost of fuel.