GIBSONTON, Fla. - Hillsborough County officials are working to make students’ commute to and from school safer in the Big Bend area.

Big picture view:

Students who live less than two miles from their schools in Hillsborough County are ineligible for bus service, so they either have to walk, bike or get driven to school.

Engineers look at the routes students take to and from school every year and study improvements for walkers and cyclists.

They then share the proposals with PTA members, school principals and the community, asking for feedback. Right now, they’re looking at safety improvements for East Bay High School, Eisenhower Middle School and Corr Elementary School.

What they're saying:

"South County is growing," Bob Campbell, Hillsborough County’s Transportation Engineering

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