CHILDREN in Ferryhill Station have completed a project to raise awareness of transport issues.
The Sustainable Transport Education Programme (Step), delivered by Groundwork East Durham, was a project for year 5 and 6 pupils at Ferryhill Station Primary School.
The programme was aimed at pupils in less affluent or rural areas who may walk to school, but who may have to be driven or take a bus when they start secondary school.
Stephen Armstrong, of Groundwork East Durham, said: "It was about educating the children to what might be the most sustainable versions of transport and by that I mean the best for the general environment and their health.
"The Countryside Agency found that when a lot of pupils move up to a higher school, quite often they move to a different village or town.
"In Ferryhill Station, for example, they might go to Ferryhill and would quite often need to take cars or buses to school."
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