ePetition - School Pavement Safety
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School Pavement Safety
For a very long time cars have been driving on the pavement or stopping dangerously outside the school, making walking to school and crossing the road very dangerous. The safety of the children needs to be a priority and we feel that bollards and a one-way system will help to keep the children safe and reduce the possibility of driving on the pavement.
This ePetition ran from 06/05/2014 to 01/07/2014 and has now finished.
126 people signed this ePetition.
Council response
Response provided by the Chair of the Environment, Transport & Sustainability Committee meeting on 1 July 2014:
"I am sure I can speak for all members of the committee in
saying how sorry we are to hear of the concerns of local residents
about safety of the walk to school journey for parents and children
attending Coldean School.
Safe journeys to school are a core element of the Council’s
road safety approach, which include effective school travel
planning, safe infrastructure measures and speed management. We are
also taking steps to deal with inconsiderate parking at key
locations on routes to schools, such as junctions and at crossing
points.
Our school travel planning officers and staff from Coldean school have made significant improvements to the travel patterns associated with the school over the past few years, as part of the work we have been doing in the Lewes Road corridor.
I will ask the Road Safety Manager to extend his work to include
a review of the traffic and safety conditions at the junction with
Selham Road and evaluate the merits of making Rusper Road a one-way
street between Selham Drive and Hawkhurst Road. I will ask him to
respond directly to the petitioners once this work is
complete.
I am grateful to the petitioners for bringing their concerns to the
attention of Committee".