ePetition - Zebra or Pelican Crossing, Lovers Walk across A23 / Preston Road
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Zebra or Pelican Crossing, Lovers Walk across A23 / Preston Road
The current road layout has a central island between two very busy lanes. This encourages young school children to believe it is safe to cross at this point in the road. Yet they are completely unprotected by lights / crossing markings.
This is used at the busiest time of day by children & students going to the following schools, Stanford Infant and Stanford Juniors, Cardinal Newman, Cottesmore Primary, Windlesham, Brighton and Hove High School, BHASVIC. And in the other direction Balfour Primary, Downs Infant & Junior, Dorothy Stringer & Varndean shcools. A lot of students use this area of the road to go to school!
On such a busy road lets make this a priority for the safety of the children and students. Make it safe for them to get to school!
This ePetition ran from 18/01/2017 to 19/03/2017 and has now finished.
204 people signed this ePetition.
Council response
Response provided at the Environment, Transport & Sustainability Committee at its meeting on the 17th January 2017:
“In October 2016 the 2016/2017 Pedestrian Priority list
was approved with 57 locations the top 11 are being considered for
improvements or additional funding this financial year.
Within this priority list a location on Preston Road near Rookery
Road was included and is currently listed as number 26. As this
Petition relates to a location within 350 meters of this current
request officers recommend these requests are considered together
and therefore when the priority list is revised location number 26
will read “Crossing request to be considered on Preston Road
between Lovers Walk and Rookery Close”. When looking at the
requested locations the existing crossing facilities including the
pedestrian islands and the Pelican Crossing 100m to the north of
Lovers walk will be considered.
If Preston Road is considered a priority location as part of the
pedestrian crossing methodology the final location of the crossing
will be determined after detailed inspection by Highway Engineers.
As part of this process the ‘type’ of facility is
considered on a case by case basis by Highway Engineers considering
existing highway layout, road conditions and likely frequency of
use.”