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STAYING SAFE
Slowing down for schools
Children’s safety is the focus of a council pilot
scheme that will see 20mph zones introduced around a
number of borough schools.
The £200,000 project will encourage drivers to
slow down on short stretches of road outside schools.
The restrictions will be limited to certain times of the
day, indicated to drivers by electronic signs.
A number of new zebra crossings are also being
proposed as part of the Transport for London-funded
scheme.
Before any of the work is carried out, the council
will be seeking the views of schools, parents and local
residents.
By making it safer to walk to school the council is
also aiming to get more children walking or cycling as
part of a healthy lifestyle.
The selected schools are largely amongst those
which have identified, in their formal travel plans, the
speed of nearby traffic as being a problem. The
council has also done its own surveys to identify
suitable locations where this approach is likely to prove
effective.
The locations chosen for the project are:
School
Ark Oval
Chipstead Valley
Harris Academy Purley
Monks Orchard Primary
Regina Coeli
St Thomas Becket
Wolsey Junior
Address
Cherry Orchard Road
Chipstead Valley Road
Pampisford Road
The Glade
Pampisford Road
Birchanger Road
King Henry’s Drive
‘…the council is also
aiming to get more
children walking or
cycling as part of a
healthy lifestyle.’