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Ariana Green
Principal Transportation Planner
831-775-0903
ariana@tamcmonterey.org
831-515-1364
ggarcia@ecoact.org
If you have any feedback or questions, we want to make sure they are heard and answered.
Review the Draft Report
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We’d love to hear from you
THIS PROJECT IS FUNDED THROUGH:
Want to do more? Join a Safe Routes to School Steering Committee and help decide which projects get funded in your community. Click here to learn more!
Shelby Cramton
Sr. Planner
831-515-1332
shelby.cramton@ecoact.org
Take the Safe Routes to School Survey to provide information regarding current habits around walking and biking to school. Take the survey!
Join a Walking Audit of a school to help identify safety issues during school drop-off. Contact us for more information!
About the Project
The goal of the Safe Routes to Schools planning process is to improve safety for students biking and walking to 11 schools in North Monterey County and reduce traffic around those schools. It is vital that community members get involved in the process and share their concerns and ideas so the Plan can reflect community priorities.
North Monterey County
Safe Routes to School Plan
What’s in the plan?
The Plan will include a list of recommended street projects and safe routes to school programs to improve safety around each school. This will include things like new sidewalks and improved crosswalks, as well as new programs like safety education, walking school buses and school carpooling.
The final plan is expected to be completed and adopted by the County of Monterey in 2026.
The plan includes the following schools:
- Castroville Elementary
- Echo Valley Elementary
- Elkhorn Elementary
- Hall District Elementary
- Ohlone Elementary
- Prunedale Elementary
- North Monterey County Middle
- Pajaro Middle
- North Monterey County High
- Central Bay High and Home School
Who’s involved with the plan?
There is a Steering Committee made up of community representatives from North Monterey County including students, parents, school administrators, advocacy groups, and local residents. This group meets throughout the North Monterey County Safe Routes to School planning process and take an active leadership role in engaging the community and developing projects.
From April 27-May 10, the Steering Committee led a community election process to choose priority infrastructure projects in each area of the region to be funded and built within the next three years. We received 999 ballots! You can view the election results here.
Bennett Williamson
Sr. Transportation Planner
831-515-1332
bennett.williamson@ecoact.org
The Draft North Monterey Country Safe Routes to School plan is available for review and public comments until April 30th.
HAPPENING NOW
Review the draft report (PDF).
Review a summary of the Priority Projects in the plan (PDF)
Share your comments here.