ePetition - School Pavement Safety

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School Pavement Safety

We the undersigned petition Brighton & Hove Council to Put bollards along the stretch of pavement at the bottom of Rusper Road, where it meets Selham Drive, in Coldean on either side taking them around the corner to protect the children when they are crossing the road to school. Also to investigate the possibility of making Rusper Road a one-way street from Selham Drive to Hawkhurst Road so that pedestrians only have to look in one direction when crossing.

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".

 


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