SHEET Primary School has been given a £15,000 boost by Hampshire County Council to carry out safety measures identified in its travel plan. Schools throughout the county have been encouraged to create their own travel plans in a bid to get more pupils walking, cycling or using public transport to and from school. And this week the county council unveiled its Safer Routes to School programme for the year, earmarking a total of £1.5m for safety measures around 13 schools across the county. Among the other schools which have benefited alongside Sheet primary are Liphook junior and infant schools, which have received £55,000; Four Marks Primary School, which received £20,000; and St John's Primary at Rowlands Castle which has been awarded £45,000. The money allocated to Sheet Primary School is intended to be used for lining, signing and footway widening to make it safer for children walking through the village to school. The county council's director of environment, Alison Quant, said: "The schools on the 2005 to 2006 programme all have opportunities for work to be carried out this year because they've completed travel plans to the standard required. We aim to work with all schools that are keen to commit to reducing the impacts of the school run and promoting walking and cycling as part of a more healthy lifestyle, and we hope to have similar levels of programme in future years." She added: "Many of the actions identified in school travel plans are for the schools themselves to undertake, such as cycle and pedestrian training for pupils, but the Safer Routes To School programme provides funding for road safety measures that complement these actions in the areas around the schools. "It is very pleasing to see so many schools working with the county council and being put forward for SRTS funding," she said. "It illustrates the advantages of the county council working with schools and local communities for the benefit of both pupils and local residents." The head of Sheet Primary School, Kathy Iles, told The Herald: "One of the things identified in our travel plan was the need to improve part of the footpath between the school and the village, and we are also pushing for the extension of the footpath to the bottom of School Lane as well. Anything the county council can do to improve safety for the children would be fantastic." l Bohunt benefits from cash: Page 9.