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By Caden Fanshaw

SD57

New accessible playgrounds coming for two local schools

May 4, 2022 | 4:53 PM

PRINCE GEORGE – Two local schools will get a big accessible addition on their school grounds this summer if everything goes according to plan.

Hart Highlands Elementary and Ecole College Heights Elementary will have the new accessible playgrounds installed this summer.

More than 7,000 B.C students will have access to new, safe and accessible playgrounds as the Province invests in the Playground Equipment Program (PEP) for the fifth year in a row to support healthy and active lifestyles.

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This year, the PEP will invest $5 million in 30 new school playgrounds for 24 school districts throughout the province. Each school district will receive $165,000 toward building each school’s new accessible playground. Playgrounds will be designed, built and installed over the next year.

This is the first time School District 57 has been a successful applicant for an accessible playground.