Safe Routes to School grant being sought by town, school
Page 4 • Wednesday, January 7, 2015 • The Hammonton Gazette
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perintendent Dr. Dan Blachford and Hammonton High School athletic Director Marni
Parks contacted Wolosky about the Safe
Routes to School program.
“They thought we could be helpful in pursuit of this program because last year Mrs.
Parks had us map out routes that we ran on
that are safe and away from major highways.
i am not from Hammonton but Jen [Plummer] and Brianni [Martinez] were very big
on that part as far as the routes that we could
run on that could be safe. We gave them all
the routes and now they are on file at the athletic office,” Wolosky said.
Plummer, a senior at Hammonton High
School, said the three came together last
spring, mapping out routes they normally run
on for cross country practices throughout the
season.
“We took it road-by-road, how to get to the
school and back. each practice we would go
off school grounds. We had a chart where we
would check off which ones we went to just
in case we didn’t know which route we were
on and to determine the routes and roads,”
Plummer said.
in the mapping out process, they all made
sure there were sidewalks involved as well
to stay off the roads as much as possible.
“We always try to stay off the major roads,
such as the White Horse Pike [Route 30] and
the expressway on the other side of town.
The ones that had houses on them, so they
were visible when going by were looked at
as well,” Plummer said.
When off school grounds,
Wolosky said there have been established rules creating for safer running courses during practices.
“No one can run on major highways. They always had to run in
groups and now with the new laws
that are out we have to have, when
Less riders
expected in
town for
triathlon
RACE, from Page 3
year during the event, but that didn’t
occur, leading to traffic headaches.
“it all depends where we are picking at. We have blueberries all over.
That day [last year’s triathlon] luckily we were away from that. if we
were down the Nesco farm then we
would have had a problem…The operation will not be stopped because
of it, bottom line,” DiMeo said.
DiDonato reiterated that Challenge atlantic City’s bike route
should equate to less of a traffic impact for residents of the town and
commuters traveling to and from
Hammonton, including the local
farmers.
“it looks like it is a viable route
and it is about 80 to 90 percent of the
way there to the finished course i believe. if you want to see the race in
Hammonton, you have to go to Columbia Road or Middle Road from
Columbia Road to