Project helps ensure traffic safety at schools in Gia Lai
The Fondation Botnar and the Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP) have jointly launched a project on traffic safety in two elementary schools in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai.
Gia Lai (VNA) – The Fondation Botnar and the Global RoadSafety Partnership (GRSP) have jointly launched a project on traffic safety intwo elementary schools in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai.
The targeted schools are Phan DangLuu Elementary School in Bien Ho commune and Nguyen Luong Bang ElementarySchool in Thang Loi Ward, Pleiku city.
A conference on the implementationof the project was held by Gia Lai province’s Traffic Safety Board and the AsiaInjury Prevention Foundation (AIPF) on June 28.
The project aims to ensure trafficsafety around schools in Pleiku city by upgrading traffic infrastructure and improvingpublic awareness of this issue.
Pleiku has 31 elementary schoolswith nearly 24,000 pupils, who are dropped off and picked up by their parents. Trafficjams often occur at school gates as the schools are located on main streets.
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