The London-Middlesex Road Safety Committee, Active and Safe Routes to School, and Tony the Street-Wise Cat are visiting Stoneybrook Public School on Friday, May 4th. Fresh off production of his new animated Lego videos, Tony the Street-Wise Cat will join his human friends to teach children at Stoneybrook about the importance of walking to school and how to use Pedestrian Crossovers (PXOs) safely. Among the partners at the event will be representatives from the London Police Service, the Middlesex-London Health Unit, the Ontario Ministry of Transportation, London Health Sciences Centre and the Stoneybrook School Travel Planning Committee.

The school visit comes just before the launch of a one-week safety blitz by the London Police Service to ensure motorists and pedestrians are using PXOs properly. The traffic features were introduced in London during the summer of 2016 and are located primarily in neighbourhoods near schools.

What:

Tony the Street-Wise Cat visits Stoneybrook Public School to teach students about walking to school and how to use Pedestrian Crossovers

Who:

- Sergeant Sean Harding, London Police Service
- Jane Edwards, London Health Sciences Centre
- Emily VanKesteren, Middlesex-London Health Unit
- Jayne Scarterfield, Middlesex-London Health Unit
- Sean Wraight, Ontario Ministry of Transportation
- Allison Aspinall, Middlesex-London Health Unit
- Melinda Curran, Principal, Stoneybrook Public School

When:

Friday, May 4th, 2018, 9:30 a.m.

Where:

Stoneybrook Public School
1460 Stoneybrook Crescent
London, ON

Media Contact:

Elizabeth Milne, Executive Assistant to the Board of Health and Communications
519-663-5317, extension 2448 or 519-617-0564

Spokespeople:

Sergeant Sean Harding, Traffic Management Unit, London Police Service

Emily VanKesteren, Public Health Nurse, Middlesex-London Health Unit