Agenda - 11-07-2024; 6-b - Safe Routes to School Plan

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57 10 - Gravelly Hill Middle School Gravelly Hill Middle serves grades 6 to 8 and has a total enrollment of 418 students. It is located in west Efland along W Ten Road and the surrounding land use is a mix of rural residential, commercial, industrial, and undeveloped.Traffic volumes along W Ten Road range from 1,100 to 3,000 vehicles per day in the vicinity of the school.There are no pedestrian or bicycle facilities on the roadways in the vicinity of the school, other than a sidewalk along W Ten Road on the school's property and a crosswalk.There are no documented pedestrian or bicyclist crashes within the 20-minute walk band.Approximately 2 students walk to school. Table 1.10: Gravelly Hill Middle School Characteristics Grades Serviced 6th-8th Total Enrollment 418 Number of Buses 9 Number of Students Riding the Bus 175 in the AM and PM Number of Students Walking 2 Number of Students Cycling 0 Number of Students Driven 250 Special Needs Population 116(28%) Land Uses Surrounding School Rural residential,Commercial, Industrial, Underdeveloped Presence of Bike Racks No No Walk Zones Yes Crossing Guards No Policies that Restrict Walking or Bicycling No Bicycle/Pedestrian Safety Taught to Students Yes Existing Parking Capacity 50 spaces Presence of Car Waiting Zones Yes Number of Staff Managing Drop off/Pick up 4-6 Residences within a 10 min bike ride from the 1207 school The following pages highlight the data collected pertaining to the strengths and weaknesses of the existing pedestrian environment for Gravelly Hill School. A campus map showing bicycle and pedestrian crashes, existing infrastructure, school zone signage, key crossing IDs, and photo IDs is included in Figure 2.15.An overview map showing the bicycle and pedestrian crashes, existing infrastructure, a 20-minute walking radius, and a 10-minute biking radius is included in Figure 2.16. Safe Routes to School Orange County,North Carolina 55