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A new plan for getting children to and from school is being started by a local government in Eastern England.This could end the worries of many parents fearful for their children’s safety on the roads. 一项接送孩子上学的新方案正在由东部英格兰的当地政府开启。这解决了许多父母对孩子路上安全的担忧。 Until now the local government has only been prepared to provide bus services for children living more than three miles from their school,or sometimes less if special reasons existed.Now it has been decided that if a group of parents ask for help in organizing transport,they will be prepared to go ahead,as long as the arrangement will not lose money and children will be attending their nearest school. 迄今，当地政府只是为住在离学校三英里以外的孩子提供公车服务，如果有特殊原因，这项服务也会减少。现在决定如果一群父母在组织运送方面请求帮助，公车服务将会继续下去，只要这样的安排不会损失钱并且孩子们要在最近的学校上学。 The new plan is to be tried out this term for children living at Milton who attend Impington School.The children live just within the three-mile limit and the local government has said in the past that they will not undertake to provide free transport to the school.But now they have agreed to offer a sum of money for a bus service from Milton to Impington and back,the plan which has the support of the school’s headmaster. 新方案计划在本学期对住在弥尔顿，在氤娉敦学校上学的孩子试用。孩子们住在仅仅三英里的范围之内。当地政府声称在过去他们不会承担免费的学校接送。但现在他们同意为从弥尔顿到氤娉敦往返的公车服务提供一笔经费，这个方案是学校校长的赞助。 Between 50 and 60 parents have said they would like their children to take part.Final calculations have still to be carried out,but a government official has said the cost to parents should be less than $20 a term. 50到60位的父母表明想让他们的孩子加入。最终计算结果有待进一步进行，但是一位政府官员说父母的花费一学期少于20美元。 They have been able to arrange the service at a low cost because there is already an agreement with the bus company for a bus to take children who live further away to Impington.The same bus would now just make one more journey to pick up the Milton children.The official said they would get in touch with other groups of parents who in the past had asked if transport could be provided for their children,to