Safe Routes to School (SRTS) programs are an opportunity to make walking and bicycling to school safer for children in grades K-8, and to increase the number of children who choose to walk and bicycle. On a broader level, SRTS programs can enhance children’s health and well-being, ease traffic congestion near the school, and improve community members’ overall quality of life.
Planning Process and Schedule
In 2018, the City of Wausau and the Wausau School District won a WisDOT SRTS planning grant to create a SRTS Plan.
In the fall of 2021, the City of Wausau and the Wausau School District began SRTS Planning with the assistance of the North Central Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission (NCWRPC). The NCWRPC is guiding the Wausau SRTS Task Force through the planning process.
Data collection occurred in spring & summer 2022. Further analysis with the SRTS Task Force will occur throughout the 2022-2023 school year.
Plan development occurred in 2023.
Plan review and revision will occur throughout the 2023-2024 school year.
Plan adoption is anticipated in spring 2024.
Implementation of the Wausau SRTS Plan can begin anytime therafter into many years later.
(Not available yet.) DRAFT Wausau Safe Routes To School (SRTS) Plan
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Schools in Wausau SRTS Plan:
John Muir Middle School
Thomas Jefferson Elementary
Grant Elementary
G.D. Jones Elementary
Lincoln Elementary
Horace Mann Middle School
Riverview Elementary
Franklin Elementary
Hawthron Hills Elementary
John Marshall Elementary
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